Merge pull request #3688 from laloch/env-hostname

Add $HOSTNAME and $HOSTTYPE environment variables

news/env-hostname.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Added ``$HOSTNAME`` and ``$HOSTTYPE`` environment variables.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

xonsh/environ.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import contextlib
 import collections
 import collections.abc as cabc
 import subprocess
+import platform
 
 from xonsh import __version__ as XONSH_VERSION
 from xonsh.lazyasd import LazyObject, lazyobject
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ from xonsh.ansi_colors import (
 )
 import xonsh.prompt.base as prompt
 
-
 events.doc(
     "on_envvar_new",
     """
@@ -942,6 +942,20 @@ def DEFAULT_VARS():
             "Note: ``erasedups`` is supported only in sqlite backend).",
             doc_store_as_str=True,
         ),
+        "HOSTNAME": Var(
+            is_string,
+            ensure_string,
+            ensure_string,
+            default_value(lambda env: platform.node()),
+            "Automatically set to the name of the current host.",
+        ),
+        "HOSTTYPE": Var(
+            is_string,
+            ensure_string,
+            ensure_string,
+            default_value(lambda env: platform.machine()),
+            "Automatically set to a string that fully describes the system type on which xonsh is executing.",
+        ),
         "IGNOREEOF": Var(
             is_bool,
             to_bool,