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#+STARTUP: showall
#+TITLE: eshell-up.el
Emacs package for quickly navigating to a specific parent directory in
=eshell= without having to repeatedly typing =cd ..=.
** Usage
Navigating to a specific parent directory is achieved using the
~eshell-up~ function, which can be bound to an =eshell= alias such as
~up~.
*** Examples
To demonstrate how to use =eshell-up= let's assume that the current
working directory of =eshell= is:
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
/home/user/first/second/third/fourth/fifth $
#+END_SRC
Now, in order to quicky go to (say) the directory named =first= one
simply executes:
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
/home/user/first/second/third/fourth/fifth $ up fir
/home/user/first $
#+END_SRC
This command searches the current path from right to left for a
directory that matches the user's input (=fir= in this case). If a
match is found then =eshell= changes to that directory, otherwise it
does nothing.
It is also possible to compute the matching parent directory without
changing to it. This is achieved using the ~eshell-up-peek~ function,
which can be bound to an alias such as ~pk~. When this function is
used in combination with /subshells/ the matching parent directory can
be passed as an argument to other functions. Returning to the
previous example one can (for example) list the contents of =first= by
executing:
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
/home/user/first/second/third/fourth/fifth $ ls {pk fir}
<directory contents>
...
#+END_SRC
*** Adding an alias
It is recommended to invoke ~eshell-up~ and ~eshell-up-peek~ using
aliases as done in the examples above. To do that, add the following
to your =.eshell.aliases= file:
#+BEGIN_SRC
alias up eshell-up $1
alias pk eshell-up-peek $1
#+END_SRC
** Installation
=eshell-up= is available via [[https://github.com/melpa/melpa][MELPA]]. To add it to Emacs execute the
following:
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
package-install RET eshell-up RET
#+END_SRC
Now, put the following in your =.emacs= file:
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
(require 'eshell-up)
#+END_SRC
** Configuration (optional)
To make searches case sensitive add the following to your =.emacs=
file:
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
(setq eshell-up-ignore-case nil)
#+END_SRC
** Testing
The test are written using [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/ert.html][ERT]], and can be executed as follows:
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
load-file eshell-up-tests.el
ert t
#+END_SRC
Alternatively, the tests can be run in batch mode:
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
emacs -Q --batch -L . -l ert -l eshell-up-tests.el -f ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit
#+END_SRC
** Credits
This package is inspired by [[https://github.com/vigneshwaranr/bd][bd]], which uses bash to implement similar
functionality.
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