Code Activator

A zsh utility for terminal-based project navigation

Code Activator provides fast project navigation in the terminal through both an API and CLI.

Contributing

See our contributing guide and code of conduct.

Installation

1. install dependencies junegunn/fzf and stedolan/jq
2. clone this repo, and source the activator.plugin.zsh in your zshrc:

# replace <path-to>/code-activator with the appropriate path
git clone https://github.com/w0ryn/code-activator-zsh.git <path-to>/code-activator
echo 'source <path-to>/code-activator' >> $HOME/.zshrc

By default, Code Activator looks for projects in ~/Projects/GitHub and ~/Projects/BitBucket, but you can configure* this in your ~/.config/code-activator-zsh/settings.zsh. It is highly recommended that, if nothing else, you configure CA__DIRS to group your projects as you please.

^{*the configuration file is created the first time Code Activator is sourced}

Usage

Code Activator commands can be invoked one of three ways:

1. directly (code-activator; intended for use as an API)
2. through an alias (lkj by default)
3. through a shortcut (CTRL+SPACE by default; creates a zsh-plugin)

With no argument, Code Activator provides a list of all available projects. Select one to activate it's environment and jump to the project's root.

If your first argument to Code Activator is a project name, the specified project will be activated.

You can also deactivate an activated project, clone an existing project, or create a new project (with the appropriate command).

Custom Environment

Although not exactly a virtual environment, Code Activator creates a custom-env for projects where you can set project-specific environment variables or shell functions. It also provides a __RESTORE__ syntax to allow safe manipulation of PATH or other variables when activating a project. See the custom-env template for more details.