Change Vim Working Directory
(This might be obvious to most Vim users, but it took me ages to realise I needed it)
I usually keep Vim open at my current project root, but when switching between projects I'd close Vim and then open a new one from the new project. Ignoring the fact it's trivial to change the current working directory from within Vim itself.
:cd /new/pathNow I don't need to close Vim ever again. :D
Written by Rhodri Pugh
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Thanks for the tip! I use the ctrlp (https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim) plugin though, which is why I like to keep Vim at the project root.
Rooter is a Vim plugin which changes the working directory to the project root when you open a file. More accurately, it'll do this when you open a typical webapp file. These files are identified by their extension.
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4145
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