OhMyZsh plugin to stay in the same directory when opening a new terminal. Works with zoxide

README.md

persistent-term

This is a plugin for oh-my-zsh.

It keeps track of the last directory you cd to. When starting a new terminal, it automatically cds to that directory again. If zoxide is loaded, then the plugin uses __zoxide_z instead of cd.

This is very useful if you want to quickly start two terminals, one for a source directory and one for a build directory. You start in one terminal and cd to the source. Then you open a new terminal, which starts in the same directory an you cd to the build directory.

persistent-term.plugin.zsh

# save path on cd
function cd {
    # Use zoxide if loaded. Works with --no-cmd
    if type __zoxide_z > /dev/null ; then
      __zoxide_z $@
    else
      builtin cd $@
    fi

    # Keep track of the directory
    pwd > /tmp/last_dir
}

# On shell load, cd to the latest path
if [ -f /tmp/last_dir ]; then
  DIR=$( cat /tmp/last_dir )
  # Make sure the directory exists
  if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
    builtin cd $DIR
  fi
fi