pjvds / zsh-cwd

Open your terminal in the last known working directory

zsh-cwd

zsh-cwd records directory changes in all shells and lets you change to the latest working directory.

Usage

As you change directory the path will be stored in a state file (default ~/.cwd). You can use cwd to change the current working directory to the latest state.

This allows you to open a new terminal at the last known working directory.

To force a directory path to be written to the state you can use rwd. This can be helpful if you have recently changed directory somewhere but now want to make sure the current working directory is recorded as the latest working directory.

Installation

oh-my-zsh

1. Clone this repository into $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins (by default ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins)

git clone https://github.com/pjvds/zsh-cwd ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-cwd

2. Add the plugin to the list of plugin for Oh My Zsh to load (inside ~/.zshrc):

plugins=(zsh-cwd)

3. Add the cwd command to the end of you ~/.zshrc file:

echo "cwd" >> ~/.zshrc

zplug

If you use zlplug as a plugin manager for zsh, all you have to do is to put the following in your .zshrc:

1. Add the zsh-cwd to you zplug configuration (usually inside ~/zshrc):

zplug "pjvds/zsh-cwd", hook-load:"cwd"

antigen

If you use antigen as a plugin manager for zsh, all you have to do is to put the following in your .zshrc:

1. Add the zsh-cwd as a bundle to you antigen configuration (usually inside ~/zshrc):

antigen bundle pjvds/zsh-cwd

2. After your antigen apply, add the cwd command to change your working directory to the latest when opening a new shell:

echo "cmd" >> ~/.zshrc

Manual

Otherwise, to install it manually execute the following lines you shell:

git clone https://github.com/pjvds/zsh-cwd ~/.zsh-cwd
echo "source ~/.zsh-cwd/zsh-cwd.plugin.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "cwd" >> ~/.zshrc