Updated to work on both Linux and OSX; moved functions into a helper file; fixed my history

bash/.bash_helpers.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+
+set_prompt() {
+    local BLUE="\[\e[0;34m\]"
+    local DARK_BLUE="\[\e[1;34m\]"
+    local RED="\[\e[0;31m\]"
+    local DARK_RED="\[\e[1;31m\]"
+    local GREEN="\[\e[0;32m\]"
+    local NO_COLOR="\[\e[0m\]"
+
+    case $TERM in
+        xterm*|screen)
+            TITLEBAR='\[\e]0;\u@\h \w\007\]';
+            ;;
+        *)
+            TITLEBAR="";
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    FAILURE_COLOR="if [[ \$? = '0' ]]; then echo \"$GREEN\"; else echo \"$RED\"; fi"
+
+    PS1="${TITLEBAR}$BLUE[\t]\`$FAILURE_COLOR\` \u@\h> $NO_COLOR"
+}
+
+restart_network_manager() {
+  sudo service network-manager restart
+}
+
+configure_ls() {
+  PLATFORM=$(uname)
+  # makes ls print pretty
+  case $PLATFORM in
+    Linux)
+      alias ls="ls --color=auto"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      alias ls="ls -G"
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+configure_completions() {
+  # If the gcloud sdk is installed, set up completion for it
+  if [[ -e "$HOME/.install/google-cloud-sdk" ]]; then
+    source $HOME/.install/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc
+    source $HOME/.install/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc
+  fi
+
+  # If asdf is installed, set up completion for it
+  if [[ -e "$HOME/.asdf" ]]; then
+    source $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh
+    source $HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash
+  fi
+}
+
+

bash/.bashrc

@@ -7,6 +7,3 @@ then
     . /etc/bash_completion
 fi
 
-
-export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin" # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
-

bash/.profile

@@ -1,70 +1,30 @@
 
-# PS1="\[\e]0;\@ [\u@\h] [\w]\007\]\[\e[1;33m\]\@ \[\e[1;37m\][\[\e[1;35m\]\u\[\e[1;37m\]@\[\e[1;32m\]\h\[\e[1;37m\]] \[\e[1;37m\][\[\e[1;31m\]\w\[\e[1;37m\]] [\[\e[1;36m\]$(ls -l | grep "^-" | wc -l | tr -d " ") \[\e[1;34m\]files\[\e[1;37m\]] \n\[\e[1;33m\]\@ \[\e[1;37m\]$ \[\e[0m\]"
-
 export SHELL=/bin/bash
 
-set_prompt() {
-    local BLUE="\[\e[0;34m\]"
-    local DARK_BLUE="\[\e[1;34m\]"
-    local RED="\[\e[0;31m\]"
-    local DARK_RED="\[\e[1;31m\]"
-    local GREEN="\[\e[0;32m\]"
-    local NO_COLOR="\[\e[0m\]"
+source ~/.bash_helpers.sh
 
-    case $TERM in
-        xterm*|screen)
-            TITLEBAR='\[\e]0;\u@\h \w\007\]';
-            ;;
-        *)
-            TITLEBAR="";
-            ;;
-    esac
-
-    FAILURE_COLOR="if [[ \$? = '0' ]]; then echo \"$GREEN\"; else echo \"$RED\"; fi"
-
-    PS1="${TITLEBAR}$BLUE[\t]\`$FAILURE_COLOR\` \u@\h> $NO_COLOR"
-}
-
-restart_network_manager() {
-  sudo service network-manager restart
-}
-
-# sets the PS1 prompt
 set_prompt
-
-# makes ls print pretty
-#alias ls="ls --color=auto"
-# TODO: make this work on both platforms
-alias ls="ls -G"
+configure_ls
+configure_completions
 
 # default editor
 export EDITOR=vim
 
 # set history
-export HISTSIZE=1000
-export HISTFILESIZE=1000
-export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups,erasedups
-export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
-shopt -s histappend
+export HISTSIZE=10000 # very large history
+export HISTFILESIZE=10000 # very large history
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth:erasedups # ignore duplicate history entries
+shopt -s histappend # append to the history when the shell exits (instead of overwriting)
+# save and reload history each time a command is run, to share history between shells
+export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r"
 
 # disable messaging
 if `tty -s`; then
     mesg n
 fi
 
-alias href="history -a; history -c; history -r"
-
 export PATH=$PATH:~/.bin
-export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
 export TERM=xterm-256color
 
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
-
-source $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh
-source $HOME/.asdf/completions/asdf.bash
-
-source $HOME/.install/google-cloud-sdk/completion.bash.inc
-source $HOME/.install/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc
-
 [ -f /usr/local/etc/bash_completion ] && . /usr/local/etc/bash_completion