From 0a55c10f6435d7355b20a25026d8745b8cd0009c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Orelli <jordanorelli@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:04:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] keep bash history forever

---
 .bashrc | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index b4cc8c0..7159445 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 export HISTCONTROL=$HISTCONTROL${HISTCONTROL+,}ignoredups
 # ... or force ignoredups and ignorespace
 export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+# never truncate bash history file
+export HISTFILESIZE=
+export HISTSIZE=
+export HISTTIMEFORMAT="[%F %T] "
+# always write a history line
+export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
 
 # append to the history file, don't overwrite it
 shopt -s histappend
 
-# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
-
 # check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
 # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
 shopt -s checkwinsize