From 3775f3077e99a4b2ad15aea45d77e53b38f7e81e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Cattori <pcattori@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:04:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(dev): do not clear screen when dev server starts (#6719)

---
 .changeset/tasty-bats-turn.md      | 11 +++++++++++
 packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts |  2 --
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/tasty-bats-turn.md

diff --git a/.changeset/tasty-bats-turn.md b/.changeset/tasty-bats-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e2319859e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tasty-bats-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+"@remix-run/dev": patch
+---
+
+Do not clear screen when dev server starts
+
+On some terminal emulators, "clearing" only scrolls the next line to the
+top. on others, it erases the scrollback.
+
+Instead, let users call `clear` themselves (`clear && remix dev`) if
+they want to clear.
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts b/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts
index bdfc8d275c1..54a274f2ded 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ export async function dev(
     tlsCert?: string;
   } = {}
 ) {
-  // clear screen
-  process.stdout.write("\x1Bc");
   console.log(`\n 💿  remix dev\n`);
 
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV && process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {