History options for zsh

history.zsh

#
# Sets history options.
#
# Authors:
#   Robby Russell <[email protected]>
#   Sorin Ionescu <[email protected]>
#

HISTFILE="$HOME/.zhistory"
HISTSIZE=10000000
SAVEHIST=10000000

setopt BANG_HIST                 # Treat the '!' character specially during expansion.
setopt EXTENDED_HISTORY          # Write the history file in the ":start:elapsed;command" format.
setopt INC_APPEND_HISTORY        # Write to the history file immediately, not when the shell exits.
setopt SHARE_HISTORY             # Share history between all sessions.
setopt HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST    # Expire duplicate entries first when trimming history.
setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS          # Don't record an entry that was just recorded again.
setopt HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS      # Delete old recorded entry if new entry is a duplicate.
setopt HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS         # Do not display a line previously found.
setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE         # Don't record an entry starting with a space.
setopt HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS         # Don't write duplicate entries in the history file.
setopt HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS        # Remove superfluous blanks before recording entry.
setopt HIST_VERIFY               # Don't execute immediately upon history expansion.
setopt HIST_BEEP                 # Beep when accessing nonexistent history.

To remove duplicate lines in .zsh_history: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-remove-duplicates-and-sort-entries-in-zsh-history

cat -n .zsh_history | sort -t ';' -uk2 | sort -nk1 | cut -f2- > .zsh_short_history
mv .zsh_short_history .zsh_history