improved zsh history settings

Author: gilesknap

.devcontainer/features/bash-config/config/zshrc

@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups
 HISTSIZE=10000000
 SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
 HISTFILE=$CONFIG_FOLDER/.zsh_eternal_history
+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.
 
 # set a theme compatible with vscode terminals
 ZSH_THEME="dst"