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-rw-r--r--lib/irb.rb9
-rw-r--r--lib/irb/init.rb2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/irb.rb b/lib/irb.rb
index e0e4b1a155..2b00de9f62 100644
--- a/lib/irb.rb
+++ b/lib/irb.rb
@@ -122,13 +122,12 @@ require "irb/version"
#
# === History
#
-# By default, irb disables history and will not store any commands you used.
+# By default, irb will store the last 1000 commands you used in
+# <code>~/.irb_history</code>.
#
-# If you want to enable history, add the following to your +.irbrc+:
+# If you want to disable history, add the following to your +.irbrc+:
#
-# IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 1000
-#
-# This will now store the last 1000 commands in <code>~/.irb_history</code>.
+# IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = nil
#
# See IRB::Context#save_history= for more information.
#
diff --git a/lib/irb/init.rb b/lib/irb/init.rb
index 5069b7bbf7..8a9215f5f9 100644
--- a/lib/irb/init.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/init.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module IRB # :nodoc:
@CONF[:VERBOSE] = nil
@CONF[:EVAL_HISTORY] = nil
- @CONF[:SAVE_HISTORY] = nil
+ @CONF[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 1000
@CONF[:BACK_TRACE_LIMIT] = 16