Hi,
I've recently switched to the latest git version of Tramp (commit 090f5f86fd0b42af464b989b1828d7ba89b8cbd2) and found that my .bash_history is now emptied right after opening a remote file.
My previous Tramp version (git commit ID 13937f0560714ef10ce14476a510abd91fa11d3a ) doesn't have this bug.
I'm experiencing this issue on a clean (with --no-init-file) Emacs 24.4 on a Linux x86-64 machine.
Steps to reproduce the bug:
emacs --no-init-file
(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/tramp")
(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-verbose 9)
M-x open-file /mechanus:/dev/shm/test
See the contents of tramp buffers in the attached files.
Feel free to ask for any additional info.
Thanks,
Oleg
tramp-debug