Reputation: 1554
I use iTerm on two Macs with my preferences synced via Dropbox and I'm trying to configure the default working directory.
Since I keep my projects in different locations on both Macs, I can't use a static working directory, so I set it to use the previous session's working directory, on quitting the app and restarting, it only ever defaults to the home directory. Is there an issue or am I misunderstanding the setting? Thanks.
Upvotes: 0
Views: 1995
Reputation: 1008
Was facing a similar issue after a fresh install, where Split Panes were not picking up the original session's directory, despite having changed the setting.
Turns out a restart of iTerm is needed after changing the setting on your profile.
Reference: https://coderwall.com/p/9xo7aq/open-up-iterm2-splits-in-current-working-directory
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 1255
See https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/4162 Just Turn on Prefs > General > Save copy/paste and command history
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Reputation: 4476
iTerm2 don't store the working directory of session persistently, even it does, your can't use it as you shared the preferences.
If you choose Reusing previous session's working directory
, it means that when you open new windows
or new tabs
or new split panes
while iTerm2 is running, it will reuse. But it can't reuse when you restart it.
Maybe you should unify your locations by creating an alias or something like that to deal with your problem.
Upvotes: 4