possible to edit the database

[graysky2]

Is it possible to edit the database from which autojump pulls? For example, I have changed some of my dirstructure such that a number of my j commands are no longer relevant.

Is my only option to remove and start fresh? (i.e. rm -f ~/.local/share/autojump)?

[joelthelion]

Normally paths that don't exist anymore are not used in the ranking, so autojump should still work properly. They are still kept in the database in case they were on a removable drive, so that you will be able to use autojump with removable drives.

Is there any specific reason you want to remove these paths from the database?

[graysky2]

@joel - My highest weighted path per jumpstat was /dev/shm which is where I do compiling, scratch files, etc. I recently switched it to /tmp/scratch and whenever I'd hit 'j' autojump would take me to the highest ranked path which I don't use anymore. I just nuked the ~/.local/share/autojump and rebuilt my db. Having the ability to remove a line from the history would be a cool feature.

[joelthelion]

I think you have a good point. I see two options here: either add an option to autojump to remove paths, which is easy but not very flexible; or switch to a text format for the autojump file. What do you think?

[graysky2]

@joelthelion - agreed. I think the latter represents the most flexible and simplistic option moving forward. It's akin to the ~/.bash_history to me. Good idea.

[joelthelion]

I've implemented a new text format in a new branch (text_format). I haven't written the migration code yet, but you can already try it, it will simply create a new database file.

Comments welcome!

[joelthelion]

The code is now ready in the "text_format" branch, can you test it and tell me what you think?

[joelthelion]

I've merged the code into master. Been using it for a few days, and it works great. Please re-open if there is a problem.