# In ~/.bash_profile define a PROJECT_PARENT_DIRS array and source this script. e.g.
#  PROJECT_PARENT_DIRS[0]="$HOME/src"
#  PROJECT_PARENT_DIRS[1]="$HOME/work"
#  source ~/.project_aliases.sh
 
if [ -z "${PROJECT_PARENT_DIRS[*]}" ]; then
	echo "Define a PROJECT_PARENT_DIRS array in ~/.bash_profile"
fi
 
for PARENT_DIR in ${PROJECT_PARENT_DIRS[@]} ; do
  if [ -d "$PARENT_DIR" ]; then
    for PROJECT_DIR in $(/bin/ls $PARENT_DIR); do
			if [ ! -z `which $PROJECT_DIR` ]; then
        continue # don't set alias if there is something already a command on the path with the same name
      fi
			if [ -d "$PARENT_DIR/$PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
	      alias "$PROJECT_DIR"="cd $PARENT_DIR/$PROJECT_DIR"
			fi
    done
  fi
done