From 593702c91cea63779fbc090500c4c2a1cc3d19ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Kosak <kosak@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 23:29:07 -0400
Subject: fix: clarify that HISTFILE, if used, must be exported (#2758)

---
 crates/atuin-client/src/import/mod.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'crates/atuin-client/src')

diff --git a/crates/atuin-client/src/import/mod.rs b/crates/atuin-client/src/import/mod.rs
index 1be850f9..ddd8051b 100644
--- a/crates/atuin-client/src/import/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/atuin-client/src/import/mod.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn is_file(p: PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     if p.is_file() {
         Ok(p)
     } else {
-        bail!("Could not find history file {:?}. Try setting $HISTFILE", p)
+        bail!("Could not find history file {:?}. Try setting and exporting $HISTFILE", p)
     }
 }
 fn is_dir(p: PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf> {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fn is_dir(p: PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         Ok(p)
     } else {
         bail!(
-            "Could not find history directory {:?}. Try setting $HISTFILE",
+            "Could not find history directory {:?}. Try setting and exporting $HISTFILE",
             p
         )
     }
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