tmux-sessionizer

tmux-sessionizer is a tmux script that makes your workflow BLAZINGLY FAST written by ThePrimeagen

Installation

tmux-sessionizer script

• Save the script on ~/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer where tmux-sessionizer is the name of the script

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
    selected=$1
else
    selected=$(find ~/projects ~/tests -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | fzf)
fi

if [[ -z $selected ]]; then
    exit 0
fi

selected_name=$(basename "$selected" | tr . _)
tmux_running=$(pgrep tmux)

if [[ -z $TMUX ]] && [[ -z $tmux_running ]]; then
    tmux new-session -s $selected_name -c $selected
    exit 0
fi

if ! tmux has-session -t=$selected_name 2> /dev/null; then
    tmux new-session -ds $selected_name -c $selected
fi

if [[ -z $TMUX ]]; then
    tmux attach -t $selected_name
else
    tmux switch-client -t $selected_name
fi

• Here change the find paths on line no. 6 to your corresponding paths to projects folder on which you want to work on

Add the script folder to your path and add the ctrl+f macro as a key binding

For Bash put this in .bashrc

PATH="$PATH":"$HOME/.local/scripts/"
bind '"\C-f":"tmux-sessionizer\n"'

For Z shell put this in .zshrc

bindkey -s ^f "tmux-sessionizer\n"

For Fish put this in config.fish

set PATH "$PATH":"$HOME/.local/scripts/"
bind \cf "tmux-sessionizer"

Add the following script on your .tmux.conf

bind-key -r f run-shell "tmux neww ~/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer"

• This will open fuzzy finder then you can search for the project you want and start new tmux session on that project directory on pressing <prefix>f

For macro jump i.e. jump directly to your desired project without opening fzf

bind-key -r k run-shell "~/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer ~/projects/work/tmux-theme"

• This will create a new tmux session on tmux-theme project directory when you press <prefix>k

Finally run following command on your terminal to give permission for tmux-sessionizer script to run

chmod +x ~/.local/scripts/tmux-sessionizer

Now restart your shell and enjoy the blazing fast workflow

Steps to use

• Press ctrl+f to open the fzf finder
• type the name of project you want to work on and press enter
• Now you will be on the project directory on tmux session

Note:

you can see prime's video on this to understand in detail