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Default session name based on directory name + branch name #170
Description
Is it possible to set the default session name based on directory name + branch name? At the moment I have this in my config
let g:session_autosave = 'yes'
let g:session_autoload = 'yes'
let g:session_default_name = fnamemodify(getcwd(), ':t')
and it saves sessions under the name of the project directory. But I would like to have separate sessions for every branch. Is it possible?
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weilbith commentedon Feb 15, 2018
@Seybo when u set this as ur default name it works for u? Cause it doesn't for me.
As an experiment I just change the working diretory with
:cd <dir-name>and call:SaveSessionafterwards. When I take a look to the list of stored sessions, there isn't any new session and nor with the name of by current working directory.Can u help me, cause I'm really interested in the same as u, without the branches.
Furthermore it would be awesome to have a solution, that open vim tries to search for a stored session based on the current working directory.
Dbz commentedon May 8, 2018
I would also like to store the default session based off of branch name. That was as I go between branches I go back to the appropriate session automatically. Did you figure this out @Seybo @weilbith ?
weilbith commentedon May 9, 2018
@Dbz not so far, sry.
Dbz commentedon Jul 12, 2018
@xolox do you have a recommendation for how we can solve this?
Dbz commentedon Aug 20, 2018
I solved this by switching plugins.
I have the setting:
let g:prosession_per_branch = 1So far, this works as well for me as
vim-session, and I have the git branch feature I really wanted.Seybo commentedon Aug 31, 2018
@Dbz this is a good solution. But the problem for me is that you can't save named sessions using this solution. Right? I want to have two sessions for the same branch (let's say front-end-session and back-end-session) and be able to load them explicitly. And i can't do it with the plugins you suggest. AFAIU
Dbz commentedon Aug 31, 2018
Are you sure? You should still be able to call
mksessionandsourceon the session to load it.Seybo commentedon Sep 1, 2018
Oh right. That should work. Anyway i decided to keep using vim-session plugin for these needs
Dbz commentedon Sep 1, 2018
Yeah, the most important thing for me is automatic sessions with a default name of the git_branch. For that:
and
let g:prosession_per_branch = 1match my needs perfectly. Also, those plugins are regularly maintained, and vim-session is not actively maintained. If that changes I would consider using this plugin, but I will choose not to use a non maintained plugin when there are maintained plugins that do what I want and better :)mMontu commentedon Oct 4, 2018
@Dbz I have come here due to a different issue (#154), and just noticed the lack of maintenance (#172).
I completely agree with you, in both that this plugin could use a little bit of love and about avoid using non maintained plugins.
Do you mind sharing which similar plugins you have found that we can use while we don't have word from @xolox?