The author mentioned this objection and suggested that since the cost of keeping a long history is so low, there’s really no reason not to. Additionally, you ma

The author mentioned this objection and suggested that since the cost of keeping a long history is so low, there’s really no reason not to. Additionally, you may not know a command will be useful in the future at the time you execute it. I suppose everyone’s workflows are different though. I keep a long history but rarely use it.