Optimal config for git-bash. Add/update these files in your profile directory.

.bash_profile

if [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]]; then
  source ~/.bashrc
fi

.bashrc

# Fix cyrillic symbols in JetBrains terminals
export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8

# Save 5,000 lines of history in memory
export HISTSIZE=10000

# Save 2,000,000 lines of history to disk (will have to grep ~/.bash_history for full listing)
export HISTFILESIZE=2000000

# Append to history instead of overwrite
shopt -s histappend

# Ignore redundant or space commands
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

# Ignore more
export HISTIGNORE='ls:ll:ls -alh:pwd:clear:history'

# Set time format
# export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
# Multiple commands on one line show up as a single line
shopt -s cmdhist

# Append new history lines, clear the history list, re-read the history list, print prompt.
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"