export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups # no duplicate entries
export HISTSIZE=100000                  # big big history
export HISTFILESIZE=100000              # big big history
shopt -s histappend                     # append to history, don't overwrite it

# Save and reload the history after each command finishes
[[ -z "$(printenv PROMPT_COMMAND | grep 'history -')" ]] && \
    export PROMPT_COMMAND="$PROMPT_COMMAND; history -a; history -c; history -r"