* lisp/eshell/em-term.el (eshell-term-sentinel):

No-op by default, only kills term buffer if
`eshell-destroy-buffer-when-process-dies' is non-nil.  (Bug#18108)
(eshell-destroy-buffer-when-process-dies): New custom to preserve
previous behavior.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cf26ded7656..c0401863382 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -681,6 +681,14 @@ buffers from eshell more convenient.  Custom variable
 `eshell-buffer-shorthand', which has been broken for a while, has been
 removed.
 
+*** By default, eshell "visual" program buffers (created by
+`eshell-visual-commands' and similar custom vars) are no longer killed
+when their processes die.  This fixes issues with short-lived commands
+and makes visual programs more useful in general.  For example, if
+"git log" is a visual command, it will always show the visual command
+buffer, even if the "git log" process dies.  For the old behavior,
+make the new option `eshell-destroy-buffer-when-process-dies' non-nil.
+
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