Is is possible to get the original working directory of vim after changing the local working directory?
Let's say I open vim with parent directory:
~/projects/myproject
and then I open a file and change the working directory:
~/projects/myproject/tasks/mytask.js
autocmd BufEnter * silent! lcd %:p:h
GOAL: I want to get the directory name:
~/projects/myproject
NOT:
~/projects/myproject/tasks
Is this possible?
If your project is under git's control then you use Fugitive.vim.
:echo fugitive#repo().tree()
To edit a file relative to the git root you an use :Gedit and a /:
:Gedit /tasks/mytask.js
For more help see:
:h fugitive
:h :Gedit
If you are using Projectionist.vim then you can get the inner most directory by doing the following:
:echo projectionist#path()
Projectionist also provides :Cd to change the directory from the project root. :ProjectDo {cmd} will run command, {cmd}, from the project root.
For more help see:
:h projectionist
:h :Cd
:h :ProjectDo
:h projectionist#path()
Forget "auto-cd-ing" to the current file's directory. Just set your current path to your project's root. Use a nice fuzzyfinder like CtrlP to navigate your files.
You can use %:h to get the current file's directory:
:e %:h
For more help see:
:h 'autochdir'
:h c_%
:h filename-modifiers
Personally I use projectionist for my project needs, however I also keep the current working directory at my project root and never change it. This keeps things simple.
If you do insist on "auto-cd-ing" then I would recommend you look into 'autochdir. See :h 'autochdir'.
:echo system("pwd")
should give you the information you want.
pwd. I just ended up creating a global variable store the first opened file. let g:projectDir = get(g:, 'projectDir', expand('%:p:h'))
:! or system(), it uses the working directory that was set via :cd or :lcd, so this won't work.