Run command when entering directory

Basu · 2009-02-06 05:04:50

I have all my files in two Git repositories: one for code and the other for personal documents. However I often forget to check which branch I'm on and so end up not commiting very cleanly. Is there some way I can have a 'git branch' run whenever I cd into my repository directories? (the top levels at least)

Dusty · 2009-02-06 14:46:27

Probably the most pragmatic solution to that question would be to have cd be an alias to a script you write that calls cd and then does the appropriate action depending on the value of pwd.

In addition, you might want to rethink how you're using git. Basically, I find that the more often I run git status the better. :-D

Finally, if you have a messy commit, you can use various combinations of git rebase, git cherry-pick, git reflog, git reset (hard, soft and mixed can all be useful) and git revert to get yourself back to a more sane situation. Make sure to study those man pages.

Dusty

briest · 2009-02-06 19:11:14

I'd rather use shell function, 'cd' may be hard to implement as a shell script. Besides, there is one more possibility (in bash; don't know about other shells) -- PROMPT_COMMAND environment variable; something like:

[briest@kreml ~]$ cdfun() { if [ "$DUPA" != "$PWD" ] ; then  echo "You have entered $PWD"; DUPA="$PWD"; fi; }
[briest@kreml ~]$ export PROMPT_COMMAND=cdfun

Last edited by briest (2009-02-06 19:11:44)

shining · 2009-02-07 12:13:34

Dusty wrote:

In addition, you might want to rethink how you're using git. Basically, I find that the more often I run git status the better. :-D

+1

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#1 2009-02-06 05:04:50

Run command when entering directory

#2 2009-02-06 14:46:27

Re: Run command when entering directory

#3 2009-02-06 19:11:14

Re: Run command when entering directory

#4 2009-02-07 12:13:34

Re: Run command when entering directory

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