rf

rf (repository finder) is a simple tool that helps you change directory. This is particular useful for developers who work on various software each day. It can be stressful to deal with all those cds commands, so this little tool scans a directory and build an internal index of all the directories that are a git or svn repository, and then it helps changind directory without having to deal with paths.

Example

Let's suppose that all of your repositories live under the directory projects. backend, gui-app and text-app are git repositories, while personal holds a couple of git repositories.

projects
├── backend
├── gui-app
├── personal
│   ├── my_app
│   └── test
└── text-app

lunching rf will help you select a repository inside project

Shell integration

The actual binary prints to stdout the aboslute path of the selected directory so the output can be used with cd. By putting this function in your .bashrc or .zshrc rf will be correctly setup to change directory in your shell.

function rf() {
    NEW_DIR=$(/path/to/rf.bin $@)
    if [ -n "$NEW_DIR" ]; then
        cd $NEW_DIR
    fi
}

(remember to source the rc file) Note: the rf.bin mentioned in the script is the output of make build.

Development

This tool is higly experimental and still in development, yet I use it every day without (almost) any problems. You might need to run reset to fix your terminal.

This software is inspired by fzf.

Contributing (any help appreciated!)

1. Check the issues page for something to do
2. Fork it (https://github.com/giuseongit/rf/fork)
3. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create a new Pull Request

Note on PRs: the issues are features or tasks that I consider useful for the prject, but I'm willing to review (and maybe accept) every PR that is opened. Please link the addressing issue if you're working on a ticket