1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/repl.cc b/src/nix/repl.cc
index 1eb716006375..1bbe256b2d8b 100644
--- a/src/nix/repl.cc
+++ b/src/nix/repl.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct NixRepl
 {
     string curDir;
     EvalState state;
+    Bindings * autoArgs;
 
     Strings loadedFiles;
 
@@ -173,9 +174,14 @@ void NixRepl::mainLoop(const std::vector<std::string> & files)
             printMsg(lvlError, format(error + "%1%%2%") % (settings.showTrace ? e.prefix() : "") % e.msg());
         }
 
+        if (input.size() > 0) {
+            // Remove trailing newline before adding to history
+            input.erase(input.size() - 1);
+            linenoiseHistoryAdd(input.c_str());
+        }
+
         // We handled the current input fully, so we should clear it
         // and read brand new input.
-        linenoiseHistoryAdd(input.c_str());
         input.clear();
         std::cout << std::endl;
     }
@@ -441,8 +447,7 @@ void NixRepl::loadFile(const Path & path)
     loadedFiles.push_back(path);
     Value v, v2;
     state.evalFile(lookupFileArg(state, path), v);
-    Bindings & bindings(*state.allocBindings(0));
-    state.autoCallFunction(bindings, v, v2);
+    state.autoCallFunction(*autoArgs, v, v2);
     addAttrsToScope(v2);
 }
 
@@ -694,6 +699,7 @@ struct CmdRepl : StoreCommand, MixEvalArgs
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
         auto repl = std::make_unique<NixRepl>(searchPath, openStore());
+        repl->autoArgs = getAutoArgs(repl->state);
         repl->mainLoop(files);
     }
 };