crank my history size + append to bash history on every command

redterror · Jul 23, 2022 · 92dec76 · 92dec76
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diff --git a/bash/prompt b/bash/prompt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ function variable_width_prompt {
   echo -n
 }
 
-PROMPT_COMMAND=variable_width_prompt export PROMPT_COMMAND
+# Append our history on every command + set the variable_width
+PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;variable_width_prompt" export PROMPT_COMMAND
 
 export PS1='\[\e[35;40m\]\u\[\e[37;40m\]@\[\e[35;40m\]\h\[\e[37;40m\]:\[\e[36;40m\]$newPWD\[\e[37;40m\]$(__git_ps1 "(\[$(parse_git_dirty)\]%s\[\e[37;40m\])")\$ '
 

diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ shopt -s histappend
 
 # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
 HISTSIZE=10000
-HISTFILESIZE=20000
+HISTFILESIZE=50000
 
 export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8