magnolia

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
• frequent-dirs [500] - Most visited directories
• 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 frequently visited directories
magnolia frequent-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)