{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4522","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4522/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4522/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4522/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4522","id":124671241,"number":4522,"title":"Cannot disable REPL history on Windows by setting NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE to blank string","user":{"login":"waynebloss","id":623736,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/623736?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss","html_url":"https://github.com/waynebloss","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waynebloss/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/labels/repl","name":"repl","color":"5319e7"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/labels/windows","name":"windows","color":"9944dd"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":10,"created_at":"2016-01-03T21:11:31Z","updated_at":"2016-01-07T19:09:36Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I attempted to set `NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE` to a blank string as a Windows *System Environment Variable*, but the dialog would not allow me to enter a blank string as a value, so I entered a space figuring that Node.js would probably trim the string before using it.\r\n\r\nHowever, when I ran Node again, it instead created a file named ` ` (a blank space) that I cannot delete or move now. Anytime I try to delete the file, Explorer acts like I'm trying to delete my whole user profile."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/comments/169776616","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4522#issuecomment-169776616","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/4522","id":169776616,"user":{"login":"Fishrock123","id":1093990,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1093990?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123","html_url":"https://github.com/Fishrock123","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Fishrock123/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-07T19:09:36Z","updated_at":"2016-01-07T19:09:36Z","body":"@waynebloss So the issue here is seeing an \"empty\" ENV variable on windows? That could be an issue in libuv or something."}}