directory based history bash profile

mycd.sh

function mycd()
{
    #if this directory is writable then write to directory-based history file
    #otherwise write history in the usual home-based history file                    
    tmpDir=$PWD
    echo "#"`date '+%s'` >> $HISTFILE
    echo $USER' has exited '$PWD' for '$@ >> $HISTFILE
    builtin cd "$@" # do actual cd
    if [ -w $PWD ]; then export HISTFILE="$PWD/.dir_bash_history"; touch $HISTFILE; chmod --silent 777 $HISTFILE;
    else export HISTFILE="$HOME/.bash_history";
    fi
    echo "#"`date '+%s'` >> $HISTFILE
    echo $USER' has entered '$PWD' from '$OLDPWD >> $HISTFILE

}
alias cd="mycd"
#initial shell opened                                                                                     
export HISTFILE="$PWD/.dir_bash_history"
#timestamp all history entries                                                                            
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h/%d - %H:%M:%S "
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups
export HISTSIZE=1000000
export HISTFILESIZE=1000000
shopt -s histappend ## append, no clearouts                                                               
shopt -s histverify ## edit a recalled history line before executing                                      
shopt -s histreedit ## reedit a history substitution line if it failed                                    

## Save the history after each command finishes                                                           
## (and keep any existing PROMPT_COMMAND settings)                                                        
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r; $PROMPT_COMMAND"

Directory Based Bash Histories

Rationale

Using a directory-based bash history allows for a record of shell actions on a directory basis, so a group of developers have some record of what was done while in a directory, when, and by whom. This can be helpful when trying to reconstruct history with limited documentation.

This was derived from http://dieter.plaetinck.be/per_directory_bash_history

Installation

cd ~/
git clone git://gist.github.com/1651133.git .mycd
echo '. $HOME/.mycd/mycd.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

Tips

• add .dir_bash_history to .gitignore files in git repositories

This is cool, thanks for writing it and documenting.

Looks interesting! Do you still use this or have you come up with a different way to do things?

I still use this although I recognize the use of both personal and directory-based histories.

btw, for a global git ignore:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/22885996

so... in ~/.config/git/ignore have:
.dir_bash_history

Awesome, Thanks :D