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Re: [PATCH] Per-directory history implementation
On 2020-01-17 18:46:21 +0200, Dan Aloni wrote:
> This change is an attempt to implement this feature straight into zsh,
> so that its entry pruning and history file locking logic cover it as
> well.
>
> NOTE: There is external plugin that tries to implement this in the
> following manner: 1) switching the history file with current directory
> change to maintain a separate one, and reloading the zsh history each
> time it happens 2) maintaining the global history file in addition.
> While I wanted that plugin to work for me, it felt far from perfect and
> its downsides were too great for me.
What are these downsides?
I think that a solution written purely in zsh would be cleaner and
more flexible:
* The user may want to change other things when switching
directories.
* The user may want to change the history on other occasions.
Hook functions are nice for this kind of things.
> This is a first version, so I'm guessing there's much to iron out.
>
> --
>
> Conditional on the activation of the `extended_history` feature, these
> changes implement a `histsavecwd` feature. The current directory of the
> command is added to each command in the history file, in this manner:
>
> : 1579121354 /home/user:0;ls -l
>
> Instead of the old format:
>
> : 1579121354:0;ls -l
>
> In addition, the 'fc' commands get a '-c' option that filters out
> commands not pertaining to the current directory. This can serve to
> implement a command similar to `Ctrl-R` showing only the per-directory
> history.
>
> Note that that pathnames that contain the ':' character are not
> supported for now - these are expected to mess up history parsing. We
> should escape the `:` character if we want to support them, or change
> the format altogether.
That's a security issue, as the user may want/need to switch to any
directory, possibly belonging to other users. The format should be
able to handle any possible pathname (including with \n characters).
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