fzf-dirhistory

A small Python package that keeps a history of recently visited directories. It is primarily intended for use by FZF to quickly jump to previous locations.

Installation

pip3 install --user fzf-dirhistory

Usage (with Bash)

Add this to your .bashrc to log directories as you visit them:

PROMPT_COMMAND='python3 -m fzfdirhist log "$(pwd)"'

Then add this function to call FZF with the history file as input:

fdh() {
  local dir=$(python3 -m fzfdirhist show | fzf --height=40% --reverse +m)
  cd "$dir"
}

Calling fdh will jump to the selected location. You may want to map that function (here to ALT-H denoted by \eh):

bind '"\eh": "\C-k\C-u fdh\n"'

Configuration

The DIR_HISTORY_FILE environment variable points to the history file (by default ~/.dirhistory):

export DIR_HISTORY_FILE="~/.fzf_dirhistory"

The DIR_HISTORY_SIZE environment variable sets the history maximum size (by default 100):

export DIR_HISTORY_SIZE=200

License

GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1