Closes #ISSUE
it is was still in
[discussion](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/37983)
Release Notes:
- Added: `--reuse` (`-r`) CLI flag to replace the workspace in an
existing window instead of opening a new one
This PR adds a new `--reuse` (`-r`) CLI flag that allows users to
replace the workspace in an existing Zed window instead of opening a new
one or adding files to the current workspace.
### What it does
The `--reuse` flag finds an available local workspace window and
replaces its workspace with the newly specified paths. This provides a
third workspace opening mode alongside the existing `--add` and `--new`
flags.
### Implementation Details
- **CLI Flag**: Added `--reuse` (`-r`) flag with proper mutual exclusion
with `--add` and `--new`
- **Window Replacement**: Uses the existing `replace_window` option in
`workspace::OpenOptions`
- **Window Selection**: Reuses the first available local workspace
window
- **Fallback Behavior**: When no existing windows are found, creates a
new window
- **Test Coverage**: Added comprehensive test for the reuse
functionality
### Behavior
- `zed -r file.txt` - Replaces the workspace in an available window with
`file.txt`
- If no windows are open, creates a new window (same as default
behavior)
- Mutually exclusive with `-a/--add` and `-n/--new` flags
- Works with multiple files and directories
### Files Changed
- `crates/cli/src/cli.rs` - Added `reuse` field to `CliRequest::Open`
- `crates/cli/src/main.rs` - Added CLI argument definition and parsing
- `crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs` - Implemented reuse logic and
added tests
- `crates/zed/src/zed/windows_only_instance.rs` - Updated for Windows
compatibility
### Testing
- ✅ Unit tests pass
- ✅ Manual testing confirms expected behavior:
- Works when no windows are open
- Replaces workspace in existing window
- Maintains compatibility with existing `-a` and `-n` flags
- Proper help text display
## Manual testing
#### In this first video we do a couple of tests:
* **1**: What happens if we use the -r flag when there are no windows
open?
- works as expected. It opens the files in a new window.
* **2**: Does it work as expected if there is already a window open.
Does it overrides the workspace?
- yes it does. When opening a different file it overrides the current
window instead of creating a new one.
* **3**: Does the -n flag still works as expected?
- yes, it creates the project in a new window
* **4**: What about the -a flag?
- yes, on the last accessed page
* **5**: we do the replace command. It overrides the first opened
window, do we want this behavior?
- It is good enough that it overrides one of the opened windows with the
new project. It still makes the user automatically go to the window with
the specified files
* **6**: we use the -r command again replacing the workspace with a new
one.
- this indeed worked as expected
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f1cd7f4b-f4af-4da2-a755-c0be7ce96c0d
#### In here the we check how the --help flag now displays the new
command. (Description was later updated)
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a8a7a288-d926-431b-a9f9-a8c3d909a2ec
Todo:
* [x] Open diffed files as regular buffers
* [x] Update diff when buffers change
* [x] Show diffed filenames in the tab title
* [x] Investigate why syntax highlighting isn't reliably handled for old
text
* [x] remove unstage/restore buttons
Release Notes:
- Adds `zed --diff A B` to show the diff between the two files
---------
Co-authored-by: Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ben Brandt <benjamin.j.brandt@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Agus Zubiaga <agus@zed.dev>
This PR introduces support for a `--user-data-dir` CLI flag to override
Zed's data directory and proposes renaming `support_dir` to `data_dir`
for better cross-platform clarity. It builds on the discussion in #25349
about custom data directories, aiming to provide a flexible
cross-platform solution.
### Changes
The PR is split into two commits:
1. **[feat(cli): add --user-data-dir to override data
directory](28e8889105)**
2. **[refactor(paths): rename support_dir to data_dir for cross-platform
clarity](affd2fc606)**
### Context
Inspired by the need for custom data directories discussed in #25349,
this PR provides an immediate implementation in the first commit, while
the second commit suggests a naming improvement for broader appeal.
@mikayla-maki, I’d appreciate your feedback, especially on the rename
proposal, given your involvement in the original discussion!
### Testing
- `cargo build `
- `./target/debug/zed --user-data-dir ~/custom-data-dir`
Release Notes:
- Added --user-data-dir CLI flag
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Signed-off-by: Marko Kungla <marko.kungla@gmail.com>
This changes the Zed CLI `zed` to pass along the environment to the Zed
project that it opens (if it opens a new one).
In projects, this CLI environment will now take precedence over any
environment that's acquired by running a login shell in a projects
folder.
The result is that `zed my/folder` now always behaves as if one would
run `zed --foreground` without any previous Zed version running.
Closes#7894Closes#16293
Related issues:
- It fixes the issue described in here:
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4977#issuecomment-2305272027
Release Notes:
- Improved the Zed CLI `zed` to pass along the environment as it was on
the CLI to the opened Zed project. That environment is then used when
opening new terminals, spawning tasks, or language servers.
Specifically:
- If Zed was started via `zed my-folder`, a terminal spawned with
`workspace: new terminal` will inherit these environment variables that
existed on the CLI
- Specific language servers that allow looking up the language server
binary in the environments `$PATH` (such as `gopls`, `zls`,
`rust-analyzer` if configured, ...) will look up the language server
binary in the CLI environment too and use that environment when starting
the process.
- Language servers that are _not_ found in the CLI environment (or
configured to not be found in there), will be spawned with the CLI
environment in case that's set. That means users can do something like
`RA_LOG=info zed .` and it will be picked up the rust-analyzer that was
spawned.
Demo/explanation:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/455905cc-8b7c-4fc4-b98a-7e027d97cdfa
Allows Zed to open custom `zed://` links (redirects from
https://zed.dev/channels) on Linux used XDG MIME types.
This PR also allows the CLI to be able to open Zed (`zed://`) URIs
directly instead of executing the main executable in
`/usr/libexec/zed-editor`.
Release Notes:
- Linux: Allow `zed.dev/channel` (`zed://`) URIs to open on Linux
- CLI: Ability to open URIs from the command line
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Co-authored-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
- [x] Build out cli on linux
- [x] Add support for --dev-server-token sent by the CLI
- [x] Package cli into the .tar.gz
- [x] Link the cli to ~/.local/bin in install.sh
Release Notes:
- linux: Add cli support for managing zed
When neither is specified, if you open a directory you get a new
workspace, otherwise files are added to your existing workspace.
With --new files are always opened in a new workspace
With --add directories are always added to an existing workspace
Fixes#9076Fixes#4861Fixes#5370
Release Notes:
- Added `-n/--new` and `-a/--add` to the zed CLI. When neither is
specified, if you open a directory you get a new workspace, otherwise
files are added to your existing workspace. With `--new` files are
always opened in a new workspace, with `--add` directories are always
added to an existing workspace.
([#9076](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/9096),
[#4861](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4861),
[#5370](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/5370)).
Zed now is able to behave as if it's being started from CLI
(`ZED_FORCE_CLI_MODE` env var)
Zed CLI accepts regular binary file path into `-b` parameter (only *.app before),
and tries to start it as Zed editor with `ZED_FORCE_CLI_MODE` env var
and other params needed.
We still aren't handling CLI requests in the app, but this lays the foundation for bi-directional communication.
Co-Authored-By: Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>
