Ah – a better history

In plain words

Ah is a command-line history tool for developers that improves upon standard shell history functionality. It stores and retrieves command history more effectively, making it easier for developers to find and reuse previous commands. The open-source project is hosted on GitHub and welcomes contributions from users who want to enhance their command-line workflow.

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