HIVE-6561: Beeline should accept -i option to Initializing a SQL file (Navis via Xuefu)
HIVE-6694: Beeline should provide a way to execute shell command as Hive CLI does (reviewed by Brock)
HIVE-6928: Beeline should not chop off 'describe extended' results by default (Chinna via Xuefu)
HIVE-7345 : Beeline changes its prompt to reflect successful database connection even after failing to connect (Ashish Kumar Singh via Navis)