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Continuing from issue: #8966
Helix has workspace(space-f) and working directory(space-F).
It's good to show those information in status line so we're aware of where we're at, at what workspace(.git) and working directory.
This how it should looks like in status line:
workspace-base-dir/working-directory/sub-working-directory
Im confused when opening multiple projects in multiple tabs with helix, in each of them I switched directories and just confused as file picker doesn't give information of the current root directory, nor file-name
config as it started from right under that workspace/working directory.
The rules:
- When we open helix on a file, it behave just like the original, the workspace is the current pwd.
- When we open helix on a directory:
- if the directory contains .git, the status line will print the base of that directory.
e.g:hx /Users/theuser/projects/project-a
, status line will printproject-a
as it contains .git(workspace) - if the directory contains no .git, the status line will print closest parent dirs with .git, followed by paths till the directory(pwd)
e.g.hx /Users/theuser/projects/project-a/sub1/sub2/
, status line will printproject-a/sub1/sub2
, so the most left is workspace(space-f), most right is the pwd(space-F).
- if the directory contains .git, the status line will print the base of that directory.
- When we cd to upper directories, workspace status will update to that directory whether it contains .git or not
- When we cd to lower directory
- if it contains .git, update the workspace status to that directory.
- if it contains no .git, append the new working directories after workspace.
- Append only happen when transitioning from upper workspace directories to lower non-workspace directories.
It's good to combine it with file-name
config, as it shows paths right under current workspace/working directory.