DevSearch

This project implements a simple system for finding a desired project to work on and changing the current directory to it. This is really useful when you have lots of projects on your machine or when you use deep directory hierarchies.

Usage

Simple example:

me@tux:~/$ dev linux
me@tux:~/projs/torvalds/linux$

If there is more than one match, an option list will be presented:

me@tux:~/$ dev linux
1 : linux [git] ~/projs/torvalds/linux
2 : linux [git] ~/projs/raspberrypi/linux
3 : linux [git] ~/projs/svenkatr/linux
selection: 2
me@tux:~/projs/raspberrypi/linux$

Regex's can be used:

me@tux:~/$ dev [s,S]im[0-9]+
1 : booksim2 [git] ~/projs/booksim/booksim2
2 : Sim2600  [git] ~/projs/gregjames/Sim2600
selection: 1
me@tux:~/projs/booksim/booksim2$

or

me@tux:~/$ dev google\|hplabs
1 : paramgmt  [git] ~/projs/google/paramgmt
2 : protobuf  [git] ~/projs/google/protobuf
3 : cacti     [git] ~/projs/hplabs/cacti
4 : mcpat     [git] ~/projs/hplabs/mcpat
5 : supersim  [git] ~/projs/hplabs/supersim
selection: cacti
me@tux:~/projs/hplabs/cacti

Searching is recursive:

me@tux:~/$ dev lib
1 : libjson         [git] ~/projs/vincenthz/libjson
2 : libjson-rpc-cpp [git] ~/projs/cinemast/libjson-rpc-cpp
3 : libevent        [git] ~/projs/nmathewson/libevent
4 : libevhtp        [git] ~/projs/ellzey/libevhtp
5 : zlib            [git] ~/projs/madler/zlib
selection: lib[a-z]+
1 : libjson         [git] ~/projs/vincenthz/libjson
2 : libjson-rpc-cpp [git] ~/projs/cinemast/libjson-rpc-cpp
3 : libevent        [git] ~/projs/nmathewson/libevent
4 : libevhtp        [git] ~/projs/ellzey/libevhtp
selection: event
me@tux:~/projs/nmathewson/libevent

Installation

The dev command shown above is an alias which calls source devsearch. Add the following to your startup script (e.g., ~/.bashrc):

alias dev='source devsearch'

Installation of the devsearch program is done with pip:

pip3 install devsearch

Configuration

devsearch is configured using an RC file. The RC file specifies root directories in the file system that will be searched for projects. The RC file specifies which version control systems will be considered valid. git, svn, mercurial(hg), and cvs are supported.

me@tux:~/$ cat ~/.devsearchrc
[devsearch]
root = ~/projs:/classified/projects/:/tmp/garbage/projects
vcs = git:svn:hg:cvs

Uninstallation

The following command will uninstall devsearch:

pip3 uninstall devsearch