LP1982561: checkbox.shell should make it clear you're inside checkbox

[beliaev-maksim]

This issue was migrated from https://bugs.launchpad.net/checkbox-ng/+bug/1982561

Summary

Status	Created on	Heat	Importance	Security related
New	2022-07-22 08:51:34	6	Wishlist	False

Description

checkbox.shell opens a runtime shell inside checkbox.

However, unlike other runtime shells (pyenv comes to mind) there is no visible hint that you're in a checkbox shell.

It would be nice if your CLI prompt changed to let you know you're inside checkbox.

Example:

u@u:$ checkbox.shell
checkbox runtime shell, type 'exit' to quit the session
[checkbox] u@u:$ exit
exit
u@u:~$ _

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[kissiel]

Good idea.
Let's have a checkbox-shell information in the prompt (PS1) within the shell.

[kissiel]

in other words, let's get from:

~/checkbox/metabox on  metabox-improvements [$!+?] via 🐍 v3.11.6 
❯ checkbox.shell 
checkbox runtime shell, type 'exit' to quit the session
kissiel@venus:~/checkbox/metabox$

to

~/checkbox/metabox on  metabox-improvements [$!+?] via 🐍 v3.11.6 
❯ checkbox.shell 
checkbox runtime shell, type 'exit' to quit the session
kissiel@venus (checkbox-shell):~/checkbox/metabox$

[fernando79513]

Python virtual environment is not creating another bash session, so they can modify the prompt (PS1) and works fine.
Since our script is creating a new bash session, it is calling .bashrc and PS1 gets reseted.

A way to go over this is adding a new line to your .bashrc with the new PS1 update and parse it as an argument to bash:

# shell-wrapper
- exec bash
+ exec bash --rcfile <(cat ~/.bashrc; echo 'PS1="(checkbox-shell) $PS1"')

[fernando79513]

Closed with #871

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The internal ticket has been created: https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/CHECKBOX-1160.

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