feature requrest: feed pushd stack with zi --special-flag

[MartyMcFlyInTheSky]

It would be nice if I could invoke the zi command in a way that automatically also stores the current dir in the dir stack. I have my pushd mapped to keybindings so I can quickly rotate through the directories. Adding this flag would enable me to do so also with zoxide.

I propose zi --dirstack or something like this.

[azaleacolburn]

There's a similar feature right now where z - take you back to the last directory where you invoked a the zoxide query command. However, this works by storing the last jump location, not creating a stack, since running z - also stores the current directory, meaning backtracking immediately loops you back and forth between directories.

What you're proposing would be a proper stack. We would actually need two flag-states, one where the stack is pushed to, and one where the stack is popped from. I'm guessing that your proposed zi --dirstack would push? Are you proposing that zi - should pop, or keep it's current functionality?

[MartyMcFlyInTheSky]

I'm not currently aware of the implementation details of pushd and popd. I'm not even sure if it's possible to access the dirstack as a shell external tool. But my use I have something like this to rotate through the dirstack:

dirstack_next() {
    pushd +1 >/dev/null
}

dirstack_prev() {
    pushd -0 >/dev/null
}

# Restore cl is universal
bind -x '"\201":"_restore_command_line"'

# Go up one directory
bind -x '"\204":"_save_command_line; cd .."'
bind '"\eh":"\204\n\201"'
# Rotate pushed directories
bind -x '"\202":"_save_command_line; dirstack_next"'
bind '"\ek":"\202\n\201"'
bind -x '"\203":"_save_command_line; dirstack_prev"'
bind '"\ej":"\203\n\201"'

But adding to the dirstack I do manually with an explicit pushd in the shell. For my usecase it would be nice if directory changes with zi would equally contribute to the dirstack (in case special options are given) just like pushd does, so I could rotate through them at the same time. For people interested in doing this I could imagine aliasing puzi to zi --dirstack or something, so I have the analogy:

cd -> zi
pushd -> puzi