goto

Project for navigating between directories

Installing goto

First get the code

git clone https://github.com/ulfox/goto.git

Get dependenceis

bash setup.sh

The installation after you download the pyyaml dependency is very trivial, since all we have to do is add in our ..bashrc. the following line

If we assume you installed moved the goto app under /opt/goto, then

source /opt/goto/goto/goto.sh

Once you add the above line in your .bashrc do a hot env reload

source ~/.bashrc

Runtime dependencies

python3
pyyaml

Installation

Clone the project to your desired location
Add in your .bashrc source /path/to/goto/goto.sh
Finally reload your current env source ~/.bashrc

Usage

Set a project directory

goto set-pdir /some/path

Example:

goto set-pdir /datafs/workdir

The above command will make goto to show directories that are under that path

Note: You should set some project directory. The default one is the goto's workdir!

Set aliases for your directories

Let us assume we have 3 projects (directories) under the set-pdir path we set.

> ls /datafs/workdir/
someProject  my-go-project  my-python-project

First navigate to the desired project's directory.

> goto project <Tab>
someProject  my-go-project  my-python-project

> goto project my-go-project
Changing directory to --- /datafs/workdir/my-go-project

Set an alias for that project

> goto set gp

View aliases

> goto list

Aliases
  gp @ /datafs/workdir/my-go-project

Navigate using Aliases names

Now that we have set an alias, if we want to visit that location again instead of trying to remember the path or doing a reverse-search, you can just call goto alias_name

## We are under $HOME
> pwd
/home/ulfox

> goto gp
> pwd
/datafs/workdir/my-go-project

Set aliases outside of goto's project dir

If you want to save a location that is outside of goto's prjects dir, then navigate to that location manually and then set an alias at that location

> cd ~
> pwd
/home/ulfox

> goto set home
> goto set h

> goto list
Aliases
  gp @ /datafs/workdir/my-go-project
  h @ /home/ulfox
  home @ /home/ulfx

Remove an alias from goto's list

> goto rm <Tab><Tab>
> gp h home

> goto rm home
> goto rm <Tab><Tab>
gp h

Get Help

goto help

Goto -- help menu

 alias          Change directory to the given alias name
 set <alias>    Set an alias to this location
 rm  <alias>    Remove alias from list
 list           List saved aliases
 show-projects  Get projects
 project        Navigate to an available project
 set-pdir       Set a new project path
 help           Show this message and exit

ulfox / goto