Merge pull request #207 from dhashe/history-file-config

Make history file configurable

Author: amjith

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## TBD
+
+### Features
+
+* Make the history file location configurable. ([#206](https://github.com/dbcli/litecli/issues/206))
+
 ## 1.14.4 - 2025-01-31
 
 ### Bug Fixes

litecli/liteclirc

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ destructive_warning = True
 # %USERPROFILE% is typically C:\Users\{username}
 log_file = default
 
+# history_file location.
+# In Unix/Linux: ~/.config/litecli/history
+# In Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\dbcli\litecli\history
+# %USERPROFILE% is typically C:\Users\{username}
+history_file = default
+
 # Default log level. Possible values: "CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO"
 # and "DEBUG". "NONE" disables logging.
 log_level = INFO

litecli/main.py

@@ -352,7 +352,10 @@ def run_cli(self):
         self.configure_pager()
         self.refresh_completions()
 
-        history_file = config_location() + "history"
+        history_file = self.config["main"]["history_file"]
+        if history_file == "default":
+            history_file = config_location() + "history"
+        history_file = os.path.expanduser(history_file)
         if dir_path_exists(history_file):
             history = FileHistory(history_file)
         else: