elvish/pkg/eval/chdir.go

package eval

import (
	"os"
)

// AddDirer wraps the AddDir function.
type AddDirer interface {
	// AddDir adds a directory with the given weight to some storage.
	AddDir(dir string, weight float64) error
}

// Chdir changes the current directory. On success it also updates the PWD
// environment variable and records the new directory in the directory history.
// It runs the functions in beforeChdir immediately before changing the
// directory, and the functions in afterChdir immediately after (if chdir was
// successful). It returns nil as long as the directory changing part succeeds.
func (ev *Evaler) Chdir(path string) error {
	for _, hook := range ev.beforeChdir {
		hook(path)
	}

	err := os.Chdir(path)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	for _, hook := range ev.afterChdir {
		hook(path)
	}

	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
	if err != nil {
		logger.Println("getwd after cd:", err)
		return nil
	}
	os.Setenv("PWD", pwd)

	return nil
}