cd to any path without escaping in xonsh shell.
Replaces cd at the start of a line with a subprocess macro cd!

If you like the idea click ⭐ on the repo and stay tuned.

Install

xpip install xontrib-cd
# or: xpip install -U git+https://github.com/eugenesvk/xontrib-cd

This xontrib will get loaded automatically for interactive sessions; to stop this, set

$XONTRIBS_AUTOLOAD_DISABLED = {"cd", }

Configure

Set the following environment variables in your profile to enable extra options (disabled by default):

• $XONTRIB_CD_ALTSYMLINKFLAG = True to pass -p, -f, or -s flags (in addition to -P) to follow symlinks
• $XONTRIB_CD_ALTSYMLINKFUNC = True to use cdp, cdf, or cds (in addition to cd -P) to follow symlinks
• $XONTRIB_CD_SYMLINKAlWAYSON = True to make cd always follow symlinks (always pass -P)
• $XONTRIB_CD_LASTCMD = True to make cd also work when it's the last command in a multi-command line

Use

Use cd as usual, but without the fear of copying&pasting arbitrary paths (e.g. .../space separated/ or .../[bracketed]/)

xontrib load cd
cd ~/[Path] With Spaces	# equivalent to 'cd! ~/[Path] With Spaces'
cd C:/Program Files    	# equivalent to 'cd! C:/Program Files'
cd -P ~/SymlinkTo      	# follow symlinks, equivalent to 'cd -P! ~/SymlinkTo'

Add a space before cd to disable adding !

Known issues

• Xontrib autoload can't be disabled and prevents user configured environment vars from being read on time due to a xonsh bug, so if you want to change the default configs via env vars, install the deauto branch xpip install -U git+https://github.com/eugenesvk/xontrib-cd@deauto
• Multiple commands per line like cd ~; echo 1 will fail since cd is replaced with cd!, and everything after ! is treated as a single string argument, ignoring the ; separators
• But echo 1; cd ~ will work with $XONTRIB_CD_LASTCMD

Credits

This package was created with xontrib cookiecutter template based on the idea of hooking into the command line input as implemented in xontrib-sh