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+[Per-Directory-History][6]
+=========================
+
+Per directory history for zsh, as well as global history, and the
+ability to toggle between them with ^G.
+
+This is a implementation of per directory history for zsh, some 
+implementations of which exist in bash[1][],[2][].  It also implements 
+a per-directory-history-toggle-history function to change from using the 
+directory history to using the global history.  In both cases the history is 
+always saved to both the global history and the directory history, so the 
+toggle state will not effect the saved histories.  Being able to switch 
+between global and directory histories on the fly is a novel feature as far 
+as I am aware.
+
+This is a standalone repository for the script, however it is also included in
+[oh-my-zsh][4] as a plugin.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Usage
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.  Load this script into your interactive ZSH session:
+
+        % source zsh-per-directory-history.zsh
+
+2.  The default mode if per directory history, interact with your history as normal.
+
+3.  Press ^G (the Control and G keys simultaneously) to toggle between local
+    and global histories. 
+
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Configuration
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* HISTORY_BASE a global variable that defines the base directory in which the 
+  directory histories are stored
+* per-directory-history-toggle-history is the function to toggle the history
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+History
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The idea/inspiration for a per directory history is from [Stewart MacArthur][1] 
+and [Dieter][2], the implementation idea is from [Bart Schaefer][3].  The 
+implementation is by [Jim Hester][5] in September 2012.
+
+[1]: http://www.compbiome.com/2010/07/bash-per-directory-bash-history.html
+[2]: http://dieter.plaetinck.be/per_directory_bash
+[3]: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/1997/msg00226.html
+[4]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
+[5]: http://jimhester.com
+[6]: http://github.com/jimhester/per-directory-history
+
diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh
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-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-#
-# This is a implementation of per directory history for zsh, some 
-# implementations of which exist in bash[1,2].  It also implements 
-# a per-directory-history-toggle-history function to change from using the 
-# directory history to using the global history.  In both cases the history is 
-# always saved to both the global history and the directory history, so the 
-# toggle state will not effect the saved histories.  Being able to switch 
-# between global and directory histories on the fly is a novel feature as far 
-# as I am aware.
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Configuration
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# HISTORY_BASE a global variable that defines the base directory in which the 
-# directory histories are stored
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# History
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# The idea/inspiration for a per directory history is from Stewart MacArthur[1] 
-# and Dieter[2], the implementation idea is from Bart Schaefer on the the zsh 
-# mailing list[3].  The implementation is by Jim Hester in September 2012.
-#
-# [1]: http://www.compbiome.com/2010/07/bash-per-directory-bash-history.html
-# [2]: http://dieter.plaetinck.be/per_directory_bash
-# [3]: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/1997/msg00226.html
-#
-################################################################################
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2012 Jim Hester
-#
-# This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.  
-# In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the 
-# use of this software.
-#
-# Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, 
-# including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it 
-# freely, subject to the following restrictions:
-#
-# 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim 
-# that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, 
-# an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is 
-# not required.
-#
-# 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be 
-# misrepresented as being the original software.
-#
-# 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution..
-#
-################################################################################
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# configuration, the base under which the directory histories are stored
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-[[ -z $HISTORY_BASE ]] && HISTORY_BASE="$HOME/.directory_history"
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# toggle global/directory history used for searching - ctrl-G by default
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function per-directory-history-toggle-history() {
-  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == true ]]; then
-    _per-directory-history-set-directory-history
-    print "\nusing local history\n"
-  else
-    _per-directory-history-set-global-history
-    print "\nusing global history\n"
-  fi
-  zle .push-line
-  zle .accept-line
-}
-
-autoload per-directory-history-toggle-history
-zle -N per-directory-history-toggle-history
-bindkey '^G' per-directory-history-toggle-history
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# implementation details
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-_per_directory_history_directory="$HISTORY_BASE${PWD:A}/history"
-
-function _per-directory-history-change-directory() {
-  _per_directory_history_directory="$HISTORY_BASE${PWD:A}/history"
-  mkdir -p ${_per_directory_history_directory:h}
-  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == false ]]; then
-    #save to the global history
-    fc -AI $HISTFILE
-    #save history to previous file
-    local prev="$HISTORY_BASE${OLDPWD:A}/history"
-    mkdir -p ${prev:h}
-    fc -AI $prev
-
-    #discard previous directory's history
-    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
-    HISTSIZE=0
-    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
-    
-    #read history in new file
-    if [[ -e $_per_directory_history_directory ]]; then
-      fc -R $_per_directory_history_directory
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-function _per-directory-history-addhistory() {
-  print -sr -- ${1%%$'\n'}
-  fc -p $_per_directory_history_directory
-}
-
-
-function _per-directory-history-set-directory-history() {
-  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == true ]]; then
-    fc -AI $HISTFILE
-    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
-    HISTSIZE=0
-    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
-    if [[ -e "$_per_directory_history_directory" ]]; then
-      fc -R "$_per_directory_history_directory"
-    fi
-  fi
-  _per_directory_history_is_global=false
-}
-function _per-directory-history-set-global-history() {
-  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == false ]]; then
-    fc -AI $_per_directory_history_directory
-    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
-    HISTSIZE=0
-    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
-    if [[ -e "$HISTFILE" ]]; then
-      fc -R "$HISTFILE"
-    fi
-  fi
-  _per_directory_history_is_global=true
-}
-
-
-#add functions to the exec list for chpwd and zshaddhistory
-chpwd_functions=(${chpwd_functions[@]} "_per-directory-history-change-directory")
-zshaddhistory_functions=(${zshaddhistory_functions[@]} "_per-directory-history-addhistory")
-
-#start in directory mode
-mkdir -p ${_per_directory_history_directory:h}
-_per_directory_history_is_global=true
-_per-directory-history-set-directory-history
diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh
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+per-directory-history.zsh
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diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
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+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+#
+# This is a implementation of per directory history for zsh, some
+# implementations of which exist in bash[1,2].  It also implements
+# a per-directory-history-toggle-history function to change from using the
+# directory history to using the global history.  In both cases the history is
+# always saved to both the global history and the directory history, so the
+# toggle state will not effect the saved histories.  Being able to switch
+# between global and directory histories on the fly is a novel feature as far
+# as I am aware.
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# HISTORY_BASE a global variable that defines the base directory in which the
+# directory histories are stored
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# History
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# The idea/inspiration for a per directory history is from Stewart MacArthur[1]
+# and Dieter[2], the implementation idea is from Bart Schaefer on the the zsh
+# mailing list[3].  The implementation is by Jim Hester in September 2012.
+#
+# [1]: http://www.compbiome.com/2010/07/bash-per-directory-bash-history.html
+# [2]: http://dieter.plaetinck.be/per_directory_bash
+# [3]: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/1997/msg00226.html
+#
+################################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Jim Hester
+#
+# This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. 
+# In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
+# use of this software.
+#
+# Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+# including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+# freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+#
+# 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim
+# that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product,
+# an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is
+# not required.
+#
+# 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+# misrepresented as being the original software.
+#
+# 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution..
+#
+################################################################################
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# configuration, the base under which the directory histories are stored
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[[ -z $HISTORY_BASE ]] && HISTORY_BASE="$HOME/.directory_history"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toggle global/directory history used for searching - ctrl-G by default
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function per-directory-history-toggle-history() {
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == true ]]; then
+    _per-directory-history-set-directory-history
+    print -n "\nusing local history"
+  else
+    _per-directory-history-set-global-history
+    print -n "\nusing global history"
+  fi
+  zle .push-line
+  zle .accept-line
+}
+
+autoload per-directory-history-toggle-history
+zle -N per-directory-history-toggle-history
+bindkey '^G' per-directory-history-toggle-history
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# implementation details
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_per_directory_history_directory="$HISTORY_BASE${PWD:A}/history"
+
+function _per-directory-history-change-directory() {
+  _per_directory_history_directory="$HISTORY_BASE${PWD:A}/history"
+  mkdir -p ${_per_directory_history_directory:h}
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == false ]]; then
+    #save to the global history
+    fc -AI $HISTFILE
+    #save history to previous file
+    local prev="$HISTORY_BASE${OLDPWD:A}/history"
+    mkdir -p ${prev:h}
+    fc -AI $prev
+
+    #discard previous directory's history
+    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
+    HISTSIZE=0
+    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
+
+    #read history in new file
+    if [[ -e $_per_directory_history_directory ]]; then
+      fc -R $_per_directory_history_directory
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function _per-directory-history-addhistory() {
+  print -Sr -- ${1%%$'\n'}
+  fc -p $_per_directory_history_directory
+}
+
+
+function _per-directory-history-set-directory-history() {
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == true ]]; then
+    fc -AI $HISTFILE
+    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
+    HISTSIZE=0
+    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
+    if [[ -e "$_per_directory_history_directory" ]]; then
+      fc -R "$_per_directory_history_directory"
+    fi
+  fi
+  _per_directory_history_is_global=false
+}
+function _per-directory-history-set-global-history() {
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == false ]]; then
+    fc -AI $_per_directory_history_directory
+    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
+    HISTSIZE=0
+    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
+    if [[ -e "$HISTFILE" ]]; then
+      fc -R "$HISTFILE"
+    fi
+  fi
+  _per_directory_history_is_global=true
+}
+
+
+#add functions to the exec list for chpwd and zshaddhistory
+chpwd_functions=(${chpwd_functions[@]} "_per-directory-history-change-directory")
+zshaddhistory_functions=(${zshaddhistory_functions[@]} "_per-directory-history-addhistory")
+
+#start in directory mode
+mkdir -p ${_per_directory_history_directory:h}
+_per_directory_history_is_global=true
+_per-directory-history-set-directory-history