'Generic Commit'

whatsdirty/whatsdirty.sh

@@ -8,11 +8,48 @@
 # for each git repo print the name of the repo, the datestamp of the last commit, 
 # the nubmer of changes since then, and whether it's clean or not.
 
-# if no argument is provided, use the current directory
-DIR="${1:-.}"
+# Configuration file path
+CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.config/whatsdirty.conf"
 
-# make directory canonical
-DIR=$(cd "$DIR" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || { echo "Error: Directory '$1' not found"; exit 1; }
+# Function to save directory to config
+save_directory() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CONFIG_FILE")"
+    echo "$dir" > "$CONFIG_FILE"
+}
+
+# Function to load directory from config
+load_directory() {
+    if [ -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+        cat "$CONFIG_FILE"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Determine which directory to use
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    # No argument provided - try to load from config
+    SAVED_DIR=$(load_directory)
+    if [ -z "$SAVED_DIR" ]; then
+        echo "Error: No directory specified and no saved directory found."
+        echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
+        echo "The specified directory will be saved for future use."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    DIR="$SAVED_DIR"
+else
+    # Argument provided - use it and save to config
+    DIR="$1"
+    # Validate and canonicalize the directory first
+    DIR=$(cd "$DIR" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || { echo "Error: Directory '$1' not found"; exit 1; }
+    save_directory "$DIR"
+fi
+
+# Make sure directory is canonical (in case loaded from config)
+DIR=$(cd "$DIR" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || { 
+    echo "Error: Saved directory '$DIR' no longer exists"; 
+    rm -f "$CONFIG_FILE"
+    exit 1; 
+}
 
 # Color codes
 RED='\033[0;31m'