initdir

.zshrc

# rm -rf but with safeguards, and cd into the directory
# You should put this in a sourced script (e.g .bashrc, .zshrc, etc...)

RED="\e[1;31m"
ORANGE="\e[38;5;208m"
GREEN="\e[38;5;2m"
RESET="\e[0;0m"

function initdir() {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "$0: Enter a folder to init"
      return 1
  fi

  wanted_dir=`realpath "$1"`
  my_dir=`realpath "$PWD"`

  echo "Wanted dir : $wanted_dir"
  echo "My dir : $my_dir"

  if [[ "$wanted_dir" = "$my_dir" ]]; then
    if ! [[ "`basename $1`" = "`basename $PWD`" ]]; then
        echo -e "${RED}ERROR : To reset your current directory, you should specify it's name. Example : '$0 ../`basename $PWD`'${RESET}"
        return 1
    fi
    echo -e "${ORANGE}Warning : resetting current directory${RESET}"
  elif ! [[ "$wanted_dir" = "$my_dir"* ]]; then
    echo -e "${RED}ERROR : Directory must be a child of the current directory${RESET}"
    return 1
  fi

  echo -e "${GREEN}Resetting directory $wanted_dir${RESET}"

  cd /
  rm -rf $wanted_dir
  mkdir -p $wanted_dir
  cd $wanted_dir
}