Per directory history for Bash

Install

Before install create a backup of your .bash_history, then clone this repository to your home directory:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/martinec/bash-per-directory-history.git .bash-per-directory-history

and append the next line at the bottom of your ~/.bashrc:

source ~/.bash-per-directory-history/per-directory-history.sh

Ensure sync

Alternatively, to ensure sync between the bash memory and the history file, for example to share the history across all open terminals, you can instead append:

source ~/.bash-per-directory-history/per-directory-history.sh
PROMPT_COMMAND="history -n; history -w; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"

Using with HSTR

HSTR is a shell history suggest box for bash and zsh. This is the suggested configuration in order to use bash-per-directory-history with HSTR:

# HSTR
alias hh=hstr                    # hh to be alias for hstr
export HSTR_CONFIG=hicolor       # get more colors
# if this is interactive shell, then bind hstr to Ctrl-r (for Vi mode check doc)
if [[ $- =~ .*i.* ]]; then bind '"\C-r": "\C-a hstr -- \C-j"'; fi
# if this is interactive shell, then bind 'kill last command' to Ctrl-x k
if [[ $- =~ .*i.* ]]; then bind '"\C-xk": "\C-a hstr -k \C-j"'; fi

# bash-per-directory-history
source ~/.bash-per-directory-history/per-directory-history.sh
PROMPT_COMMAND="history -n; history -w; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"

Features

• Per directory history.
• Global history with gistory command.
• Enhanced cd (using behind pushd and popd as replacement).
• Spell suggestions for mistyped directory names.
• Preserve history no matter if a directory has been moved or renamed (same filesystem).
• Add-ons: faster-history-navigation, smarter-tab-completion, better-bash-history.
• ShellCheck-compliant code.

Reporting bugs

Please use the GitHub issue tracker for any bugs or feature suggestions:

https://github.com/martinec/bash-per-directory-history/issues

Contributing

Everyone is welcome to contribute! Fork us and request a pull to the develop branch.

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