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
if ! [[ "$PROMPT_COMMAND" =~ "history -a; history -c; history -r;" ]]; then
   export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
fi