On Sun, Jul 13, 2025, at 3:17 PM, jason stein wrote: > *Pull Request:* > https://github.com/jstein916/bash/pull/1
In general it's preferable to provide a patch directly (either inline or as an attachment), rather than requiring prospective reviewers to visit an external site. > *What the command dh does:* > it adds a new command called "dh" which stands for directory history. The > new command is similar to history but deals exclusively with the > directories that have been cd to. It creates a .bash_dirhistory file > similar to history. With the exception of the file, this sounds nothing like the "history" command, so using that word runs the risk of confusing users. (It's not a rule or anything, but "history" usually implies "command history" as far as shells are concerned.) > *Help from bash:* > dh: dh [-ciw] [-m N] [N|partial_name] > Directory history navigation. > > Display the directories that have been visited using the cd command, This would make more sense as an extension of the existing "dirs" command (probably gated by a shopt and limited to interactive mode) than as as a separate command. > ordered by frequency of access. Directories are numbered with the most > frequently accessed directory having index 1 (displayed last in the > list). I personally think this functionality is not general enough to integrate into the shell. -- vq
