Spacevim: How to force `autochdir`

Created on 17 Dec 2018 · 11Comments · Source: SpaceVim/SpaceVim

Expected behavior, english is required

When I open a file, I exepct cwd to be set to the directory of open file, and not the root of git repository.

The reproduce ways from Vim starting (Required!)

If you are in a git repo ~/work/repo and open a file ~/work/repo/a/b.txt and type :pwd in vim command, you will see ~/work/repo and __not__ ~/work/repo/a.

Debug info

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SpaceVim layers:
- VersionControl:       not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/VersionControl/
+ autocomplete:             loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/autocomplete/
- chat:                 not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/chat/
- checkers:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/checkers/
- chinese:              not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/chinese/
- colorscheme:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/colorscheme/
+ core#banner:              loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/core/banner/
+ core#statusline:          loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/core/statusline/
+ core#tabline:             loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/core/tabline/
+ core:                     loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/core/
- cscope:               not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/cscope/
- ctrlp:                not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/ctrlp/
- debug:                not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/debug/
- denite:               not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/denite/
+ edit:                     loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/edit/
- exprfold:             not loaded          no exists
- floobits:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/floobits/
+ format:                   loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/format/
- fzf:                  not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/fzf/
- games:                not loaded          no exists
- git:                  not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/git/
- github:               not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/github/
- incsearch:            not loaded          no exists
- indentmove:           not loaded          no exists
- japanese:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/japanese/
- lang#WebAssembly:     not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/WebAssembly/
- lang#agda:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/agda/
- lang#asciidoc:        not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/asciidoc/
- lang#autohotkey:      not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/autohotkey/
- lang#c:               not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/c/
- lang#clojure:         not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/clojure/
- lang#crystal:         not loaded          no exists
- lang#csharp:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/csharp/
- lang#dart:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/dart/
- lang#dockerfile:      not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/dockerfile/
- lang#elixir:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/elixir/
- lang#elm:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/elm/
- lang#erlang:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/erlang/
- lang#extra:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/extra/
- lang#fsharp:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/fsharp/
- lang#go:              not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/go/
- lang#graphql:         not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/graphql/
- lang#haskell:         not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/haskell/
- lang#html:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/html/
- lang#java:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/java/
- lang#javascript:      not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/javascript/
- lang#json:            not loaded          no exists
- lang#julia:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/julia/
- lang#kotlin:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/kotlin/
- lang#latex:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/latex/
- lang#lisp:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/lisp/
- lang#lua:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/lua/
- lang#markdown:        not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/markdown/
- lang#nim:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/nim/
- lang#ocaml:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/ocaml/
- lang#perl:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/perl/
- lang#php:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/php/
- lang#plantuml:        not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/plantuml/
- lang#pony:            not loaded          no exists
- lang#ps1:             not loaded          no exists
- lang#puppet:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/puppet/
- lang#purescript:      not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/purescript/
- lang#python:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/python/
- lang#r:               not loaded          no exists
- lang#ruby:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/ruby/
- lang#rust:            not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/rust/
- lang#scala:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/scala/
- lang#scheme:          not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/scheme/
- lang#sh:              not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/sh/
- lang#solidity:        not loaded          no exists
- lang#swift:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/swift/
- lang#swig:            not loaded          no exists
- lang#toml:            not loaded          no exists
- lang#typescript:      not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/typescript/
- lang#vim:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/vim/
- lang#vue:             not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/lang/vue/
- lang#xml:             not loaded          no exists
- leaderf:              not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/leaderf/
- lsp:                  not loaded          no exists
- mail:                 not loaded          no exists
- operator:             not loaded          no exists
- org:                  not loaded          no exists
+ shell:                    loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/shell/
- sudo:                 not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/sudo/
- tags:                 not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/tags/
- test:                 not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/test/
- tmux:                 not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/tmux/
- tools#dash:           not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/tools/dash/
- tools#screensaver:    not loaded          no exists
- tools:                not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/tools/
+ ui:                       loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/ui/
- unite:                not loaded          https://spacevim.org/layers/unite/
- vim:                  not loaded          no exists

Screenshots

Update

I've added following to autoload/myspacevim.vim but no effect.

  " Change to current directory. autochdir does not always work see 
  " https://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Set_working_directory_to_the_current_file
  set autochdir
  autocmd BufEnter * if expand("%:p:h") !~ '^/tmp' | silent! lcd %:p:h | endif

feature request

Source

dilawar

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Most helpful comment

@wsdjeg I usually keep makefile in each folder which I run while working in that folder. Sometime I want to copy files from other directory to current working directory using ! cp command in vim etc. When project root directory is always set to the directory of .git, I can no longer do these conviniently.

I agree that default setting is good for maven, cmake and other build system. But I use git repo and vim for various other purposes as well (bash, tex, markdown). The default behaviour can be bit confusing for people new to spacevim.

dilawar on 17 Dec 2018

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All 11 comments

let g:spacevim_project_rooter_automatically = 0
or
project_rooter_automatically = 0
for init.toml

ssfdust on 17 Dec 2018

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first, why autochdir is needed. I need to know what next feature do you need. do you want edit file in same dir with current file?

second, most command is recommanded to run in the root of a project. for example maven in java project. make grep etc.

Shidong Wang

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主题：[SpaceVim/SpaceVim] How to force autochdir (#2354)
发件人：Dilawar Singh
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Expected behavior, english is required

When I open a file, I exepct :pwd to set to directory of that file not the root of git repository.

The reproduce ways from Vim starting (Required!)

If you are in a git repo ~/work/repo and open a file ~/work/repo/a/b.txt and type :pwd in vim command, you will see ~/work/repo and not ~/work/repo/a.

Debug info

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wsdjeg on 17 Dec 2018

dilawar on 17 Dec 2018

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@ssfdust Probably I am doing something wrong, but I could not get it working. I've added following two lines in init.toml.

   # force root directory to be the directory of current file.
    project_rooter_patterns = []
    project_rooter_automatically = 0

I can see value changed in the output of :SPDebugInfo.

project_rooter_automatically = 0
project_rooter_patterns = ['.clang']

but pwd still shows the .git directory as root directory.

dilawar on 17 Dec 2018

what is result of :echo &autochdir?

wsdjeg on 17 Dec 2018

dilawar on 17 Dec 2018

I think there should be three kind behavior of vim:

do not change directory
autochdir: change to the directory of current file.
autochdir: change to the root of a project

Maybe we need to make some discussion about how to get these behavior.

wsdjeg on 17 Dec 2018

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same here, I'd really like vim not to change dir and stay where it was started from. I've tried the listed options before to no effect.

svalaskevicius on 19 Dec 2018

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made a quick pr - my first one here... :)

https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim/pull/2365

svalaskevicius on 19 Dec 2018

now if you do not want to auto change dir to the root of your project, just Add project_rooter_automatically = 0, by default it is 1. and if you want to enable vim &autochdir . you can put set autochdir into bootstrap function.

the above is the solution of current version. I am not sure if we should Add an SpaceVim option for &autochdir or just rename project_rooter_automatically to change_directory_automatically. the value can be 0, 1 or 2

0: disable autochdir
1: change to project root automatically
2: change to directory of current file automatically

wsdjeg on 20 Dec 2018

Thanks. It is working now.

dilawar on 27 Dec 2018

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