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+# Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
+HISTFILE=~/.histfile
+HISTSIZE=1000
+SAVEHIST=1000
+setopt append_history           # append
+setopt hist_ignore_all_dups     # no duplicate
+unsetopt hist_ignore_space      # ignore space prefixed commands
+setopt hist_reduce_blanks       # trim blanks
+setopt inc_append_history       # add commands as they are typed, don't wait until shell exit
+setopt share_history            # share hist between sessions
+
+# emacs bindings
+bindkey -e
+# make delete key work
+bindkey    "^[[3~"          delete-char
+bindkey    "^[3;5~"         delete-char
+
+# autocomplete
+autoload -Uz compinit
+compinit
+
+# OS-specific things
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" =~ ^darwin.*$ ]]; then
+    PATH=$(brew --prefix coreutils)/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
+
+    if [[ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]]; then
+        . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Aliases
+alias ls='ls -F --color=auto'
+alias less='less -R' # preserves colors in GNU coreutils' `less`
+
+# Environment
+PS1='[%n@%m: %~]$ '
+export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
+export PAGER=/usr/bin/less
+
+# look for Ansible hosts file in current directory
+export ANSIBLE_HOSTS=hosts
+
+# look for Node binaries in current directory
+# if we have npm, we probably want to use npm binaries
+# I don't like installing globally (npm -g), so add local
+# node modules' bin to PATH
+if which npm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    export PATH=$PATH:node_modules/.bin
+fi
+
+# Enable pyenv
+# See: https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv#basic-github-checkout
+if [[ -d ~/.pyenv ]]; then
+    export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+    export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+
+    eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+    # optionally enable pyenv-virtualenv
+    # See: https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-virtualenv
+    if [[ -d ~/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv ]]; then
+        eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# If a private bin directory exists, add it to PATH
+[[ -d ~/bin ]] && PATH="$PATH:~/bin"
+
+# solarized dircolors (needs coreutils from homebrew on Mac OS X)
+[[ -r ~/.dircolors.ansi-dark ]] && eval `dircolors ~/.dircolors.ansi-dark`
+
+export PATH