From ba297021cc5981e390ff04e82dc6cf2301024d2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Blackhart <robert@robertblackhart.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:51:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for Empty except

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 recline/repl/shell.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/recline/repl/shell.py b/recline/repl/shell.py
index afd5992..47999cd 100644
--- a/recline/repl/shell.py
+++ b/recline/repl/shell.py
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ def track_command_history(filename: str) -> None:
         # default history len is -1 (infinite), which may grow unruly
         readline.set_history_length(1000)
     except IOError:
+        # Missing/unreadable history file is non-fatal (e.g., first run); continue.
         pass
     atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, filename)