zsh-goto/README.md

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goto.zsh

If you're like me and you maintain a hierarchical filesystem, it can be a real pain to get where you want to go. I know they're considered harmful, but why not try a goto?

$ cd ~/doc/programming/web/arrdem.com
$ echo $PWD
/home/reid/doc/programming/web/arrdem.com
# that's long as hell... let's fix that
$ label arrdem.com
$ cd
$ echo $PWD
/home/reid
$ goto arrdem.com
$ echo $PWD
/home/reid/doc/programming/web/arrdem.com

This is a relatively alpha script and could use some serious attention.

  • no way to delete labels once you set them besides editing the labels file
  • the labels file (~/.labels.tsv) must be tab seperated
  • the error messages on a missing label are useless