Magnolia: Interactive Shell Navigation and History

Interactive shell navigation and history based on fzf and sqlite.

Motivation

My workflow resembles a squirrel trying to hide a hazelnut so I have declared bankruptcy on my mind and making this made sense.

Usage

Installation

# Install dependencies sudo pacman -Sy fd fzf rustup sqlite3 --needed # If you use Homebrew brew install fd fzf rustup sqlite3 # Install Rust toolchain rustup install stable # Set default toolchain to stable rustup default stable # Build cargo build --release # Initialize database ./db/init # Source shell integration source ./shell/magnolia

Usage

magnolia [--db-path <path>] [--no-color] <command> [limit]

Commands

• recent-dirs [500] - Recent directory visits
• recent-files [500] - Recent file opens
• change-to-dir [1000] - Interactive recent file opens
• change-to-file [1000] - Interactive recent file opens
• popular-dirs [500] - Most visited directories
• file-stats - File type usage statistics
• search <query> - Search history

Shell Functions

• d - Fuzzy navigate to directory
• f - Fuzzy open file
• cd - Navigate to directory
• rd - Interactive recent directories
• rf - Interactive recent files
• dg - Recent directories in fzf
• fg - Recent files in fzf, open in vim

File Handling

The f() function opens files based on extension:

• audio mpv
• video mpv
• other vim

Examples

# Navigate to directory d # Open recent file f # Interactively navigate to recent directory dg # Interactively open recent file (if you frequently use `fg`, consider a different function name) fg # Show popular directories magnolia popular-dirs 10 # Search for rust files magnolia search rust # Interactively change to dir magnolia change-to-dir # Interactively change to file magnolia change-to-file

Database

SQLite database with two tables:

• directory_history - path, timestamp
• file_history - path, file_type, action, timestamp

Default location: ~/.magnolia.db (configurable with --db-path)