From e7abb525263443aea6cbcea6d59022851c63eb6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Homborg <FHomborg@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 22:54:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove special "default" value for $fish_history

This is really of very little use and makes checking $fish_history
harder because it makes two values mean the same thing.

Fixes #7650
---
 doc_src/language.rst | 2 +-
 src/history.cpp      | 2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc_src/language.rst b/doc_src/language.rst
index 2a3c2900a..831515bb9 100644
--- a/doc_src/language.rst
+++ b/doc_src/language.rst
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ You can change the settings of fish by changing the values of certain variables.
 
 - ``fish_history``, the current history session name. If set, all subsequent commands within an
   interactive fish session will be logged to a separate file identified by the value of the
-  variable. If unset, or set to ``default``, the default session name "fish" is used. If set to an
+  variable. If unset, the default session name "fish" is used. If set to an
   empty string, history is not saved to disk (but is still available within the interactive
   session).
 
diff --git a/src/history.cpp b/src/history.cpp
index 5c6e24bc5..4890c345e 100644
--- a/src/history.cpp
+++ b/src/history.cpp
@@ -1240,8 +1240,6 @@ wcstring history_session_id(const environment_t &vars) {
         wcstring session_id = var->as_string();
         if (session_id.empty()) {
             result.clear();
-        } else if (session_id == L"default") {
-            // using the default value
         } else if (valid_var_name(session_id)) {
             result = session_id;
         } else {