Is there a way to jump straight to the magit-status page of another git project?

Question

My general workflow for going to another project is

projectile-switch-project which pops up a helm interface for picking a project
select a project
select a file within the project to open the file
then run magit-status

Is there a way to combine steps 2-4?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '22 at 08:10

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projectile-switch-project which pops up a helm interface for picking a project

If you want to use projectile with helm, you could give helm-projectile a try.

helm-projectile-switch-project
then choose your project with M-g or f3 instead of RET

answered Oct 28 '22 at 08:10

ramsay

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I've updated my shortcut to go with `helm-projectile-switch-project` instead of the non-helm version, thanks! Would you know if there's a way to see what the other possible shortcuts are when scrolling through those project candidates? – irregular Nov 01 '22 at 17:07
You can see more actions in the action menu with `TAB` (the default Helm binding) – ramsay Nov 02 '22 at 01:40
or `C-z` (if you swapped). – ramsay Nov 02 '22 at 01:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '22 at 02:05

If you don't use many projectile features, you can take a look at the built-in project, whose project-switch-project will let you select a command after selecting the project like:

Or you may add actions to open magit status for the project to helm like https://occasionallycogent.com/emacs_custom_helm_actions/index.html (something similar embark in helm if I remember correctly)

Stefan Kamphausen · Answer 3 · 2022-10-28T12:02:15.910

If I understand your question correctly, you may be able to code a little function that does what you need and attach it to projectile-after-switch-project-hook. At least running magit-status on that hook (if it's a git project), should be pretty easy to do.

EDIT: Tried it out. It interferes with projectile-switch-project-action. Good news is that you can just use that instead.

Here's a draft:

(defun my-projectile-switch-project-action ()
  (interactive)
  ;; test for some typical files in my projects
  (ignore-errors
    (let ((files '("README" "README.md" "build.gradle")))
      (while files
        (message "Looking for: %s" (first files))
        (if (file-exists-p (first files))
            (progn
              (find-file-other-window (first files))
              (setq files nil))
          (setq files (rest files))))))
  ;; now run magit
  (if (vc-git-responsible-p default-directory)
      (magit-status)))


;; Use the function like this:
(setq projectile-switch-project-action
      #'my-projectile-switch-project-action)

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Is there a way to jump straight to the magit-status page of another git project?

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