Re: (feature request) separate history for each folder / folder related history

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Jochen Baier wrote:

> hi,
>
> do you already thought about to have a folder related history ?
>
> for example:
>
> in folder: code/superprogram: i use the commands: make, ./superprogram
>
> in folder: code/homepage: i use "scp index.html ksdjf@kjsfk...." to upload
>
> the next day, i go to "code/superprogram" folder and the bash history will 
> show
> "make and ./superprogram" and in "code/homepage" arrow up key will show 
> "scp.."
>
> would love to have something like that.

   Untested; adjust to taste:

cd()
{
  builtin cd "$1" &&
   if [ ./.bash_history ]
   then
      history -c
      history -r ./.bash_history
      HISTFILE=./.bash_history
   fi
   case $PROMPT_COMMAND in
      *history\ -a*) ;;
      *) PROMPT_COMMAND="$PROMPT_COMMAND; history -a" ;;
   esac
}

export -f cd

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