From b3d19e556c662766b300bd917d7737c4a4b7e778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bumi <hello@michaelbumann.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 01:52:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make the CLI a real reply

After calling the contract function a reply is started.
This allows to interact and inspect the result object or call more
functions on the contract.
---
 scripts/cli.js | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/cli.js b/scripts/cli.js
index c617354..20ac150 100644
--- a/scripts/cli.js
+++ b/scripts/cli.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const REPL = require('repl');
+
 module.exports = function(callback) {
   const Registry = artifacts.require('./Registry.sol');
   Registry.deployed().then(async (registry) => {
@@ -26,7 +28,17 @@ module.exports = function(callback) {
       console.log("\nResult:");
       console.log(result);
 
-      callback();
+      console.log("\nStartig a REPL. (type .exit to exit)");
+      console.log(`defined variables: result, ${contractName}, web3`);
+      let r = REPL.start();
+      r.context.result = result;
+      r.context[contractName] = contract;
+      r.context.web3 = web3;
+
+      r.on('exit', () => {
+        console.log('Bye');
+        callback();
+      })
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.log("Call failed. Probably the contract raised an error?\n");
       console.log("...");