goto shell function to easily navigate to different directories

19_goto.sh

# paths in which to find projects or directories
# top path wins
goto-refresh-search-paths () {
  setopt nullglob
  goto_search_paths=(
    $GOPATH/src/*/*
    ~/Developer
  )
  unsetopt nullglob
}

goto-which () {
  goto-refresh-search-paths
  for p in $goto_search_paths; do
    local it="$p/$1"
    if [ -e "$it" ] ; then
      echo "$it"
      return 0
    fi
  done

  echo "goto-which: not found: $1" > /dev/stderr
  return 1
}

goto () {
  local dir=$(goto-which "$1")
  if [ -n "$dir" ]; then
    echo "cd $dir"
    cd "$dir"
  else
    echo "goto: not found: $1" > /dev/stderr
    return 1
  fi
}

_goto () {
  goto-refresh-search-paths
  COMPREPLY=()

  # Only complete one word
  if [[ $COMP_CWORD -gt 1 ]]; then
    return 0
  fi

  # Complete with matching paths inside our search paths
  local cur
  cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"

  local path_glob
  local candidates
  for p in "${goto_search_paths[@]}"; do
    # Loop through all the search paths and see if we can glob anything
    # beginning with the user's typing.
    path_glob="$p/$cur*"
    candidates=($(compgen -G "$path_glob" | xargs basename))
    # Add any matches to the completion result
    COMPREPLY+=( "${candidates[@]}" )
  done

  return 0
}

if [[ "$SHELL" == *"zsh" ]]; then
  autoload bashcompinit
  bashcompinit
fi

complete -F _goto goto
complete -F _goto goto-which

README.md

The following script is an archive of Jake Teton-Landis goto implementation.

https://jake.tl/notes/2018-03-28-goto/ https://github.com/justjake/Dotfiles/blob/836790b2d8c11761a4ff5e4af5b4fcd6606b6a73/zsh/rc.d/19_goto.sh