feat(prompt): readline line editing with per-session history

When stdin is a terminal the prompt is read with bash's readline,
`IFS= read -e -r -p '> ' REPLY`, so the arrow keys no longer print escape
garbage: Left/Right, Home/End, Ctrl-A/E, Backspace/Delete edit the line,
and Up/Down walk the lines entered in this session (`history -s` for every
line with a non-blank character; empty lines are not recorded). Down past
the newest entry restores the line typed before Up, and Up at the oldest
entry or Down on the new line ring the bell, as readline does by default.
The Nx y/N answer is read the same way and never recorded.

Nothing persists: HISTFILE is unset at startup and the history is never
read or written. Verified on bash 4.3.48 and 5.2.15 that `read -e` and
`history -s` share one history list in a non-interactive shell, that
inherited HISTSIZE/HISTCONTROL/HISTIGNORE have no effect there, and that
Ctrl-C at the prompt restores the terminal. readline draws the prompt on
stderr, as bash does. Piped stdin keeps the plain `read -r` exactly,
including the echo of each line and EOF => exit 2.

New unit tests (tests/unit/lineedit.bats) drive a real pty with script(1):
history recall, the bell at both ends, the stashed line, Left-arrow
editing, the y/N answer kept out of the history, no history file under
HOME/TMPDIR, ^D => exit 2. The E2E suite gets a pty smoke test (Up
recalls 1?), skipped where the image has no script(1).
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@@ -207,6 +207,23 @@ pacman_unpublish() {
repo-add --quiet su-dummy.db.tar.gz ./su-dummy-a-2.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst ./su-dummy-b-2.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst ./su-dummy-c-2.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst)
}
# pty_session INPUT ARGS...: run skeptical-updater ARGS on a pseudo-terminal (script(1) of
# util-linux) with INPUT typed in one go (readline consumes it as it reads: no timing involved);
# sets status, output and lines like `run` (without the pty's CRs; NO_COLOR as stdout is a terminal)
# and PTY_RAW, the raw transcript. Skips the test when the image has no script(1).
# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # status/lines are read by bats-assert
pty_session() {
local input=$1 cmd
shift
command -v script >/dev/null 2>&1 || skip "script(1) (util-linux) not available in this image: no pty to drive"
PTY_RAW=$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/pty.raw
printf -v cmd '%q ' env TERM=dumb NO_COLOR=1 skeptical-updater "$@"
status=0
printf '%s' "$input" | timeout 120 script -qfec "$cmd" /dev/null >"$PTY_RAW" 2>&1 || status=$?
output=$(tr -d '\r' <"$PTY_RAW")
mapfile -t lines <<<"$output"
}
# session_start ARGS...: run skeptical-updater ARGS in the background with a FIFO as stdin and wait
# for its prompt; sets SESSION_PID and SESSION_FD (write the input to it; fd 3 belongs to bats)
session_start() {
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@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ zypper_verb() { case $(. /etc/os-release && printf '%s' "$ID") in opensuse-tumbl
[[ ! -e $STATE_FILE ]]
}
@test "on a terminal, Up recalls the previous line (readline, history of this session only)" {
pty_session $'1?\r\e[A\rq\r' --no-refresh
assert_success
[[ $(grep -c '^su-dummy-a: ' <<<"$output") -eq 2 ]] || fail "1? should have run twice (Up + Enter)"
assert_line 'Quit: nothing was upgraded.'
[[ $(versions) == "a=1.0 b=1.0 c=1.0" ]]
}
@test "--dry-run: enter prints the native upgrade command and changes nothing" {
before=$(holds_snapshot)
run skeptical-updater --dry-run <<<''
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@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bats
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
# Copyright (C) 2026 Bryan Joshua Pedini
# Line editing and the per-session history of the prompt when stdin is a terminal: the applet runs
# on a real pty (script(1)) and gets the keys as escape sequences - Up \e[A, Down \e[B, Right \e[C,
# Left \e[D, Enter \r - typed in one go. apt backend, fixture rows [1] su-dummy-a [2] su-dummy-b
# [3] su-dummy-c. The piped (non-TTY) prompt is covered by interactive.bats.
load test_helper
setup() { common_setup; }
UP=$'\e[A' DOWN=$'\e[B' LEFT=$'\e[D' CR=$'\r'
DESC_A='su-dummy-a: dummy package su-dummy-a for skeptical-updater tests'
@test "pty: Up recalls the previous line, Enter runs it again" {
pty_skup "1?${CR}${UP}${CR}q${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
[[ $(count_lines "$DESC_A") -eq 2 ]] || fail "1? should have run twice"
assert_line 'Quit: nothing was upgraded.'
[[ $(pty_bells) -eq 0 ]] || fail "unexpected bell"
}
@test "pty: Up at the oldest entry rings the bell and stays there" {
pty_skup "1?${CR}${UP}${UP}${CR}q${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
[[ $(pty_bells) -ge 1 ]] || fail "no BEL in the pty output"
[[ $(count_lines "$DESC_A") -eq 2 ]] || fail "the oldest entry (1?) should have run again"
}
@test "pty: a line typed before Up is stashed and comes back with Down (readline's saved line)" {
pty_skup "1?${CR}3-${UP}${DOWN}${CR}${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
assert_line 'excluded from this run: su-dummy-c'
[[ $(count_lines "$DESC_A") -eq 1 ]] || fail "the recalled 1? must not have run"
assert_line 'Excluded from this run: su-dummy-c'
log_has 'apt-mark hold su-dummy-c'
[[ $(pty_bells) -eq 0 ]] || fail "unexpected bell"
}
@test "pty: Down on the new line rings the bell, also once the stashed line is back" {
pty_skup "1?${CR}${DOWN}q${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
[[ $(pty_bells) -ge 1 ]] || fail "no BEL for Down on the new line"
assert_line 'Quit: nothing was upgraded.'
pty_skup "1?${CR}3-${UP}${DOWN}${DOWN}${CR}q${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
[[ $(pty_bells) -ge 1 ]] || fail "no BEL for Down on the restored line"
assert_line 'excluded from this run: su-dummy-c'
}
@test "pty: Left moves the cursor: 2? Left Left 1 Enter is the command 12?" {
pty_skup "2?${LEFT}${LEFT}1${CR}q${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
assert_output --partial 'no package [12] in the list (l to redraw)'
refute_output --partial 'su-dummy-b: dummy package'
}
@test "pty: empty lines and the y/N answer stay out of the history" {
# history: 3x only - Up shows 3x, a second Up rings the bell (y was not added); 3x again is
# rejected because [3] was purged
pty_skup "3x${CR}y${CR}${UP}${UP}${CR}q${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
assert_line 'purged: su-dummy-c'
assert_output --partial 'no package [3] in the list (l to redraw)'
[[ $(pty_bells) -ge 1 ]] || fail "y must not be in the history"
log_has 'apt-get -y purge su-dummy-c'
}
@test "pty: the history is never written to or read from a file (HISTFILE is ignored)" {
export HOME=$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/home TMPDIR=$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tmp
mkdir -p "$HOME" "$TMPDIR"
export HISTFILE=$HOME/.bash_history HISTCONTROL=ignoredups HISTSIZE=0
pty_skup "1?${CR}${UP}${CR}${UP}${CR}${CR}" --no-refresh
assert_success
[[ $(count_lines "$DESC_A") -eq 3 ]] || fail "the history did not work (inherited HISTSIZE/HISTCONTROL?)"
assert_line 'Upgrade finished.'
run find "$HOME" "$TMPDIR" -mindepth 1
assert_success
assert_output ''
}
@test "pty: end of input (^D on an empty line) still aborts with exit 2" {
pty_skup "1-${CR}"$'\x04' --no-refresh
assert_failure 2
assert_line 'excluded from this run: su-dummy-a'
assert_output --partial 'end of input: aborted, nothing was upgraded'
log_lacks '^apt-get -y'
}
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@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ use_fakes() {
# skup ARGS...: run the applet (use as `run skup ...`, stdin is passed through)
skup() { env PATH="$TEST_PATH" "$SU_BIN" "$@"; }
# pty_skup INPUT ARGS...: run the applet on a pseudo-terminal (script(1), util-linux/bsdutils) with
# INPUT typed in one go - readline consumes it as it reads, so no timing is involved; end INPUT with
# a line that ends the session (q or an empty line). Sets status, output and lines like `run`
# (output without the pty's CRs; NO_COLOR, as stdout is a terminal); the raw transcript stays in
# $PTY_RAW. Skips without script(1).
# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # status/lines are read by bats-assert
pty_skup() {
local input=$1 cmd
shift
command -v script >/dev/null 2>&1 || skip "script(1) (util-linux/bsdutils) not available: no pty to drive"
PTY_RAW=$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/pty.raw
printf -v cmd '%q ' env PATH="$TEST_PATH" TERM=dumb NO_COLOR=1 "$SU_BIN" "$@"
status=0
printf '%s' "$input" | timeout 60 script -qfec "$cmd" /dev/null >"$PTY_RAW" 2>&1 || status=$?
output=$(tr -d '\r' <"$PTY_RAW")
mapfile -t lines <<<"$output"
}
# pty_bells: number of BEL bytes (readline's bell) in the raw transcript of the last pty_skup
pty_bells() { tr -cd '\a' <"$PTY_RAW" | wc -c; }
# count_lines LINE: number of output lines that are exactly LINE
count_lines() { grep -cxF -- "$1" <<<"$output" || true; }
# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # used by the .bats files
HEADER='# skeptical-updater trusted packages. Columns: backend package reason added(UTC ISO-8601)'
# shellcheck disable=SC2034