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+
+# If not running interactively: exit immediately.
+# Note that 'return' works because the file is sourced, not executed.
+
+if [[ $- != *i* ]] || [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
+  return 0
+fi
+
+# windows git bash version 3 is too minimal
+bashVersionTmp="$(bash --version | grep -v "version 4")"
+if [[ "$bashVersionTmp" == *-pc-msys* ]]; then
+  . ~/.extra
+  return 0
+fi
+unset bashVersionTmp
+
+############# INCLUDE ####################################
+
+# load the shell dotfiles, and then some:
+# * ~/.path can be used to extend `$PATH`.
+# * ~/.extra can be used for other settings you don’t want to commit.
+for file in ~/.{config_dotfiles,path,load,colors,exports,icons,aliases,bash_complete,functions,extra,dotfilecheck}; do
+  [ -r "$file" ] && [ -f "$file" ] && source "$file"
+done
+unset file
+
+############# SETTINGS ###################################
+
+# enable some Bash 4 features when possible:
+# * `autocd`, e.g. `**/qux` will enter `./foo/bar/baz/qux`
+# * Recursive globbing, e.g. `echo **/*.txt`
+for option in autocd globstar cmdhist extglob cdable_vars; do
+  shopt -s "$option" 2> /dev/null
+done
+unset option
+
+# When the command contains an invalid history operation (for instance when
+# using an unescaped "!" (I get that a lot in quick e-mails and commit
+# messages) or a failed substitution (e.g. "^foo^bar" when there was no "foo"
+# in the previous command line), do not throw away the command line, but let me
+# correct it.
+shopt -s histreedit;
+
+# append to the Bash history file, rather than overwriting it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# rezize the windows-size if needed
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+# check if the user isn't root
+if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
+
+  # case-insensitive globbing (used in pathname expansion)
+  shopt -s nocaseglob
+
+  # autocorrect typos in path names when using `cd`
+  shopt -s cdspell
+fi
+
+# Do not autocomplete when accidentally pressing Tab on an empty line. (It takes
+# forever and yields "Display all 15 gazillion possibilites?")
+shopt -s no_empty_cmd_completion;
+
+# Do not overwrite files when redirecting using ">".
+# Note that you can still override this with ">|".
+#set -o noclobber;
+
+############# EXTRA ####################################
+