Change history alias into a function

This commit changes the history alias into a function which puts the passed arguments before `-l 1`. It also provides a temporary workaround to the lack of a `history -c` command in zsh. For more information see issues 739 and 789.

Change history alias into a function
d87d4331 · Marc Cornellà · dd39d430 · d87d4331
Commit d87d4331 authored Jun 15, 2014 by Marc Cornellà
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--- a/lib/history.zsh
+++ b/lib/history.zsh
@@ -6,12 +6,24 @@ fi
 HISTSIZE=10000
 SAVEHIST=10000
-# Show history
+## History wrapper
+function omz_history {
+  # Delete the history file if `-c' argument provided.
+  # This won't affect the `history' command output until the next login.
+  if [[ "${@[(i)-c]}" -le $# ]]; then
+    echo -n >| "$HISTFILE"
+    echo >&2 History file deleted. Reload the session to see its effects.
+  else
+    fc $@ -l 1
+  fi
+}
+# Timestamp format
 case $HIST_STAMPS in
-  "mm/dd/yyyy") alias history='fc -fl 1' ;;
+  "mm/dd/yyyy") alias history='omz_history -f' ;;
-  "dd.mm.yyyy") alias history='fc -El 1' ;;
+  "dd.mm.yyyy") alias history='omz_history -E' ;;
-  "yyyy-mm-dd") alias history='fc -il 1' ;;
+  "yyyy-mm-dd") alias history='omz_history -i' ;;
-  *) alias history='fc -l 1' ;;
+  *) alias history='omz_history' ;;
 esac
 setopt append_history