Local history count 0, Ble.sh and Atuin sourced on .bashrc

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Hi, all, this is my first post (on Atuin and regarding Linux software in general). I looked for similar posts and instructions on properly asking for help here but didn’t find much other than double-checking the install instructions and providing a .bashrc file and maybe the output for “$ atuin doctor” for examination. On to the problem.

I can bring up Atuin’s local history (not using sync or any server) with Ctrl-r on my terminal but it’s always empty. I’m running Arch Linux, KDE environment, installed ble.sh and Atuin with Pacman a couple days ago. I took notice of ble.sh being preferred over bash-preexec, and that I should load both plugins to my ~/.bashrc:

#start of file
#enable ble.sh, required to support Atuin
[[ $- == *i* ]] && source /usr/share/blesh/ble.sh --noattach

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return

[[ -s /etc/profile.d/autojump.sh ]] && source /etc/profile.d/autojump.sh

##enable Atuin
eval "$(atuin init bash --disable-up-arrow)"

[[ ! ${BLE_VERSION-} ]] || ble-attach
#end of file

And the output of “atuin doctor”:

Atuin Doctor
Checking for diagnostics

[Shell] If you are using Bash, Atuin requires that either bash-preexec or ble.sh be installed. An older ble.sh may not be detected. so ignore this if you have it set up! Read more here: https://docs.atuin.sh/guide/installation/#bash

Please include the output below with any bug reports or issues

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.6.1",
    "sync": null,
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "bash",
    "default": "bash",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "none"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Arch Linux",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "version": "rolling",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
        "filesystem": "vfat"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/sda1",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      }
    ]
  }
}



blesh 0.3.4-5
atuin 18.6.1-1

As I mentioned, this currently results in me being able to open the history but nothing gets added to it. I do also have fzf installed but I understand that only keybindings and completion issues are expected, not actual history issues. Looking at other posts, I would think I somehow misconfigured my .bashrc file because of the bash plugin reminder but I did follow those steps. System is up to date, please do let me know if there is any other files or logs that are relevant.

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ble >= 0.4 is required by Atuin. Use AUR’s blesh-git instead of AUR’s blesh.

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I think the Atuin documentation mentioned the requirement for ble.sh’s version at some point, but it seems the description disappeared somehow.

edit:

The descriptions for the required ble.sh version was added in PR 1465, but they were removed in PR 2203 without updating the corresponding section in the atuinsh/docs repository. I tried to pick some of the lost information in PR 64 @ docs, but the version requirement wasn’t picked.

edit2:

I opened a pull request at atuinsh/docs.

edit3

I also opened a pull request for the warning message in atuin doctor.

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Yep, that was it. Uninstalled ble.sh and installed the git version, history is now updated. Noted, should try multiple versions of packages if possible. Thank you!