Add support for directory based session about vim-session HOT 8 CLOSED

I think a lot of people might find this useful as well:

let s:local_session_directory = xolox#misc#path#merge('~/.vim/sessions', getcwd())

I actually spent a couple of hours looking for a plugin that could do this...

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You should be able to "fake" this by setting the g:session_directory variable in Vim script, depending on the working directory. Have you written any Vim script before? If not, I might be able to help.

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@xolox Thanks for your help, I try to write it in python, here is my script:

python << EOF
import os
from os.path import join
import vim
os.getcwd()

session_dir = join(os.getcwd(), '.vimsessions')
if os.path.isdir(session_dir): 
  vim.command('let g:session_directory = "%s"' % session_dir )
else:
  pass

EOF

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I believe the following bit of Vim script will do what you want. Try adding the following to your vimrc script:

" Check whether the current working directory contains a ".vimsessions"
" directory. It it does, we'll configure the vim-session plug-in to load
" its sessions from the ".vimsessions" directory.
" From: https://github.com/xolox/vim-session/issues/49
let s:local_session_directory = xolox#misc#path#merge(getcwd(), '.vimsessions')
if isdirectory(s:local_session_directory)
  let g:session_directory = s:local_session_directory
endif
unlet s:local_session_directory

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Great, thanks :)

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I'm closing this issue now, because I assume the code sample answers your question. If not, feel free to reopen the issue. Happy Vimming!

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I was faster by decisively not settling :) but on a second though, google may have improved over the last 5-ish years.
is this still the preferred way to go? would it break using multiple tab sessions in one vim instance?

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xolox#misc#path#merge dies even with xolox/vim-misc installed :(

Edit: I used this instead and it seems to be good enough

let g:session_default_name = fnamemodify(getcwd(), ':t')

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