try original install.sh with color's .json

Author: Richard Cunningham

.devcontainer/features/sterminalhistory/install.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,70 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-echo "Activating feature 'color'"
-echo "The provided favorite color is: ${FAVORITE}"
+echo "Activating feature 'terminal-history'"
+echo "User: ${_REMOTE_USER}     User home: ${_REMOTE_USER_HOME}"
+
+mkdir -p $CONFIG_STAGING
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cat > $CONFIG_STAGING/onCreateCommand.sh  \
+<< EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# copy in the opinionated default settings from the feature
+cp $CONFIG_STAGING/feature_settings_rc $CONFIG_FOLDER/feature_settings_rc
+
+# copy in the user editable settings unless they already exist
+if [[ ! -f $CONFIG_FOLDER/bashrc ]] ; then
+    cp $CONFIG_STAGING/bashrc $CONFIG_FOLDER    
+    cp $CONFIG_STAGING/inputrc $CONFIG_FOLDER
+fi
+
+# hook in the config to the root account
+ln -s $CONFIG_FOLDER/inputrc /root/.inputrc
+echo "source $CONFIG_FOLDER/bashrc" >> /root/.bashrc
+EOF
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cat > $CONFIG_STAGING/inputrc  \
+<< EOF
+# Readline configuration for bash shell.
+
+# Incremental history searching with up and down arrows (C-P and C-N for old
+# style navigation).
+"\e[A": history-search-backward
+"\e[B": history-search-forward
+
+# Control left and right for word movement
+"\e[5C": forward-word
+"\e[5D": backward-word
+EOF
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cat > $CONFIG_STAGING/bashrc  \
+<< EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# execute default opinionated settings - delete this line to remove defaults
+source $CONFIG_FOLDER/feature_settings_rc
+
+# add your personal custom settings below
+EOF
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cat > $CONFIG_STAGING/feature_settings_rc  \
+<< EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# default opinioned bash configuration
+
+# set the prompt
+export PS1="\[\033[1;34m\]\W \[\033[0m\]# "
+
+# enable enternal shared history
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups
+export HISTFILESIZE=-1
+export SAVEHIST=-1
+export HISTFILE=$CONFIG_FOLDER/.bash_eternal_history
+PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
+EOF