diff --git a/roles/bash/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/bash/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: create ~/.bashrc file
+  template:
+    src: templates/bashrc
+    dest: ~/.bashrc
diff --git a/roles/bash/templates/bashrc b/roles/bash/templates/bashrc
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+# If not running interactively, don't do anything
+case $- in
+    *i*) ;;
+      *) return;;
+esac
+
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
+# See bash(1) for more options
+HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+
+# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
+HISTSIZE=1000
+HISTFILESIZE=2000
+
+# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
+# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
+
+# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+  test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+  alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+  alias dir='dir --color=auto'
+  alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
+  alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+  alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+  alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+fi
+
+if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
+    . ~/.bash_aliases
+fi
+
+# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
+# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
+# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
+if ! shopt -oq posix; then
+  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Enable vi mode
+set -o vi
+
+function _prompt_first_line {
+  local exit_code=$?
+  if [ "$exit_code" = "0" ]; then
+    exit_code=
+  else
+    # If the last command failed, display its error code at the right
+    case $exit_code in
+      129) exit_code="SIGHUP"     ;;  # 128 + 1
+      130) exit_code="SIGINT"     ;;  # 128 + 2
+      131) exit_code="SIGQUIT"    ;;  # 128 + 3
+      132) exit_code="SIGILL"     ;;  # 128 + 4
+      133) exit_code="SIGTRAP"    ;;  # 128 + 5
+      134) exit_code="SIGABRT"    ;;  # 128 + 6
+      134) exit_code="SIGIOT"     ;;  # 128 + 6
+      135) exit_code="SIGBUS"     ;;  # 128 + 7
+      136) exit_code="SIGFPE"     ;;  # 128 + 8
+      137) exit_code="SIGKILL"    ;;  # 128 + 9
+      138) exit_code="SIGUSR1"    ;;  # 128 + 10
+      139) exit_code="SIGSEGV"    ;;  # 128 + 11
+      140) exit_code="SIGUSR2"    ;;  # 128 + 12
+      141) exit_code="SIGPIPE"    ;;  # 128 + 13
+      142) exit_code="SIGALRM"    ;;  # 128 + 14
+      143) exit_code="SIGTERM"    ;;  # 128 + 15
+      144) exit_code="SIGSTKFLT"  ;;  # 128 + 16
+      145) exit_code="SIGCHLD"    ;;  # 128 + 17
+      146) exit_code="SIGCONT"    ;;  # 128 + 18
+      147) exit_code="SIGSTOP"    ;;  # 128 + 19
+      148) exit_code="SIGTSTP"    ;;  # 128 + 20
+      149) exit_code="SIGTTIN"    ;;  # 128 + 21
+      150) exit_code="SIGTTOU"    ;;  # 128 + 22
+      151) exit_code="SIGURG"     ;;  # 128 + 23
+      152) exit_code="SIGXCPU"    ;;  # 128 + 24
+      153) exit_code="SIGXFSZ"    ;;  # 128 + 25
+      154) exit_code="SIGVTALRM"  ;;  # 128 + 26
+      155) exit_code="SIGPROF"    ;;  # 128 + 27
+      156) exit_code="SIGWINCH"   ;;  # 128 + 28
+      157) exit_code="SIGIO"      ;;  # 128 + 29
+      158) exit_code="SIGPWR"     ;;  # 128 + 30
+      159) exit_code="SIGSYS"     ;;  # 128 + 31
+    esac
+    exit_code=" \e[1m\e[31m$exit_code\e[0m"
+  fi
+  local time=$(date +%H:%M:%S)
+  local dir=$PWD
+  [[ "$dir" =~ ^"$HOME"(/|$) ]] && dir="~${dir#$HOME}"
+  # TODO: virtualenv
+  local grey="\e[38;5;244m"
+  local reset="\e[0m"
+  local blue="\e[38;5;37m"
+  echo -e "$grey$time$reset $blue$dir$reset$exit_code"
+}
+
+PROMPT_COMMAND=_prompt_first_line
+
+yellow="\001\e[38;5;3m\002"
+grey="\001\e[38;5;244m\002"
+reset="\001\e[0m\002"
+
+PS1="$yellow\u$reset@$grey\h$reset "