I want to define some alias iex="iex -S mix" only for one directory - this alias should work only when I cd'ed to this directory. Another requirement - this functionality should be placed inside this directory, hook file or something other, because I want to share this directory as a git repo.
How can I do that?
If you want iex to only work in one directory and never anywhere else try this:
alias iex='[ $(pwd) = /path/to/special/dir ] && iex –S mix'
If you want iex to work differently in other directories try it like this:
alias iex='[ $(pwd) = /path/to/special/dir ] && iex –S mix || iex'
My current development version of Bourne Shell (bosh) implements this feature since 6 jears. Check the man page:
http://schillix.sourceforge.net/man/man1/bosh.1.html
and have a look at local persistent aliases - aliases local to a directory and persistent because they are kept in a file .locals of the related directory.
I am interested in feedback, in special whether there should also be .locals.#, where # is the user id of the user that is allowed to use them.
