Hi there,

I noticed that over time, the ~/.local/share/atuin/history.db file can grow quite large. Out of curiosity, I ran the following command:

sqlite3 ~/.local/share/atuin/history.db "VACUUM;"

Afterward, the database size was significantly reduced.

Would it make sense for Atuin to:

Recommend running VACUUM in the docs as a maintenance step?
Or possibly run it automatically in some scenarios (e.g. after deleting a large amount of history)?

I’m not sure if there are trade-offs (like performance implications or locking concerns), but it seems like it could help keep storage usage efficient.

Thanks for considering this, and for the awesome project.