nvim-config-local VS workspaces.nvim

it's been undeprecated recently, but if you would prefer to use a plugin, I use this one

The next version of neovim (and currently, nightly) re-enables support for exec, which sounds close to what you want. In the meantime check out https://github.com/klen/nvim-config-local. These both do a single file, but once you're running some code it's easy enough to get that file to source more.

I just use nvim-config-local, which is basically just souped up :h 'exrc'. And then from there I typically set makeprg and a custom "run" command if I want, along with any other settings I might want in the project. I tried using some custom runner type plugins in the past but I think this method has provided me with the most flexibility, and I don't have to learn anything new because it's just the same as what i do in my init.lua.

I took inspiration from nvim-config-local and added an integrity check, to force the user to review the settings file at least once. It's on by default, but is optional. The file can be safe to use if you don't expose any option that allows for arbitrary code execution.

nvim-config-local

`:tcd` into that project's folder. I'm using workspaces.nvim to create aliases for my project's folders, so I can simply do `:WorkspacesOpen MyProject`

workspaces.nvim.

Sharing a lightweight plugin I wrote yesterday which provides some functions for accessing previously used current working directories. I know that this is similar to some other "workspace" / "project" plugins which already exist, so I've pasted the motivation section from the README. >I work in a large monorepo and change my working directory depending on what part of the codebase I'm looking at to give my LSP (gopls) a chance and to improve the usefulness of fuzzy finding files. I want to change the current working directory back to a previously used one without having to configure a "project" or "workspace" beforehand. This requirement is not satisfied (as far as I can tell) by existing similar plugins: > - project.nvim > - telescope-project.nvim > - workspaces.nvim. > - neovim-session-manager > olddirs.nvim is very lightweight and doesn't provide any niceties (out of the box) like some of the above plugins, it's literally just :oldfiles for directories. > \ I say "out of the box" since some features like the searching or browsing of files inside a previous directory can be implemented by adding actions to the olddirs.nvim Telescope picker.

i use workspaces for that, https://github.com/natecraddock/workspaces.nvim

I use https://github.com/natecraddock/workspaces.nvim and their compatible session manager. I have not tried the other two but workspaces works well and has done nice integrations (including telescope).

I use only one neovim instance and with the plugin https://github.com/natecraddock/workspaces.nvim I change between repositories.

I'm biased, but my favorite is a combination of workspaces.nvim and sessions.nvim (I created both). Both are extremely simple frameworks meant to be customized to your needs. Not for everyone, but if you are looking for something simple its worth giving a look.

workspaces.nvim