startup-class/dotfiles — pull request #2 by bowman (2013-07-04 11:42:44+00:00)
Title: bash eternal history PROMPT_COMMAND escaping tweak

Handle the awk -F"\t" quirk using { echo -ne ... ; history 1} to avoid interpreting the history output.
Should not slow the prompt as they're all built-ins.

Seemed to work fine during my 30 seconds of testing, YMMV.