https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.sessions

Neovim Lua plugin for session management. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.
https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.sessions

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Neovim Lua plugin for session management. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.sessions
• Owner: echasnovski
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-10-24T16:27:22.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-12T14:34:53.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-13T02:55:48.255Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: lua, mini-nvim, neovim, neovim-plugin
• Language: Lua
• Homepage:
• Size: 57.6 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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### Session management (read, write, delete)

See more details in [Features](#features) and [help file](doc/mini-sessions.txt).

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⦿ This is a part of [mini.nvim](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim) library. Please use [this link](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/README.md) if you want to mention this module.

⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.

⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.

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If you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out [contributing guides of 'mini.nvim'](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.

## Demo

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24854248/173045087-3d18affc-c76f-4d22-8afc-fef687166ef0.mp4

## Features

- Works using `:mksession` (`'sessionoptions'` is fully respected).

- Implements both global (from configured directory) and local (from current directory) sessions.

- Autoread default session (local if detected, latest written otherwise) if Neovim was called without intention to show something else.

- Autowrite currently read session before quitting Neovim.

- Configurable severity level of all actions.

## Installation

This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (**recommended**) or as a standalone Git repository.

There are two branches to install from:

- `main` (default, **recommended**) will have latest development version of plugin. All changes since last stable release should be perceived as being in beta testing phase (meaning they already passed alpha-testing and are moderately settled).

- `stable` will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in `main` branch.

Here are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):

With mini.deps

    

        

            Github repo

            Branch Code snippet

        

    

    

        

            'mini.nvim' library Main Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation

        

        

            Stable

        

        

            Standalone plugin Main add('echasnovski/mini.sessions')

        

        

            Stable add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.sessions', checkout = 'stable' })

        

    

With folke/lazy.nvim

    

        

            Github repo

            Branch Code snippet

        

    

    

        

            'mini.nvim' library

            Main { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },

        

        

            Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },

        

        

            Standalone plugin

            Main { 'echasnovski/mini.sessions', version = false },

        

        

            Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.sessions', version = '*' },

        

    

With junegunn/vim-plug

    

        

            Github repo

            Branch Code snippet

        

    

    

        

            'mini.nvim' library

            Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'

        

        

            Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }

        

        

            Standalone plugin Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.sessions'

        

        

            Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.sessions', { 'branch': 'stable' }

        

    




**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.sessions').setup()` to enable its functionality.

**Note**: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like `error: unable to create file : Filename too long`). Try doing one of the following:

- Enable corresponding git global config value: `git config --system core.longpaths true`. Then try to reinstall.

- Install plugin in other place with shorter path.

## Default config

```lua

-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.

{

  -- Whether to read default session if Neovim opened without file arguments

  autoread = false,

  -- Whether to write currently read session before quitting Neovim

  autowrite = true,

  -- Directory where global sessions are stored (use `''` to disable)

  directory = --<"session" subdir of user data directory from |stdpath()|>,

  -- File for local session (use `''` to disable)

  file = 'Session.vim',

  -- Whether to force possibly harmful actions (meaning depends on function)

  force = { read = false, write = true, delete = false },

  -- Hook functions for actions. Default `nil` means 'do nothing'.

  hooks = {

    -- Before successful action

    pre = { read = nil, write = nil, delete = nil },

    -- After successful action

    post = { read = nil, write = nil, delete = nil },

  },

  -- Whether to print session path after action

  verbose = { read = false, write = true, delete = true },

}

```

## Similar plugins

- [mhinz/vim-startify](https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify)

- [Shatur/neovim-session-manager](https://github.com/Shatur/neovim-session-manager)