desk

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\n# \u25f2  desk\n\n[![build](https://api.travis-ci.org/jamesob/desk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jamesob/desk) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/jamesob/desk](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/jamesob/desk?utm_source=badge\u0026utm_medium=badge\u0026utm_campaign=pr-badge\u0026utm_content=badge)\n\nLightweight workspace manager for the shell.\n\nDesk makes it easy to flip back and forth between different project contexts in\nyour favorite shell. Change directory, activate a virtualenv or rvm, load\nin domain-specific aliases, environment variables, functions, arbitrary shell files, \nall in a single command.\n\nInstead of relying on `CTRL-R` to execute and recall (\"that command\u0027s gotta\nbe here somewhere...\"), desk helps shorten and document those actions with\nshell aliases and functions, which are then namespaced under a particular\ndesk.\n\nBecause Deskfiles are just enriched shell scripts, the possibilities are \nendless. For example, when doing work on AWS I have desk \nsecurely load AWS API keys into environment variables via \n[`pass`](https://www.passwordstore.org/) -- no effort on my part, and no \nrisk of accidentally persisting that sensitive information to a history file.\n\n\u003cimg src=\u0027screencap.gif\u0027 width=700\u003e\n\nI have a hard time calling this a \"workspace manager\" with a straight\nface -- it\u0027s basically just a shell script that sources another shell script in a new shell.\nBut I often find myself working in multiple different code trees simultaneously:\nthe quick context switches and namespaced commands that desk facilitates\nhave proven useful.\n\nThere are no dependencies other than `bash`. Desk is explicitly tested with `bash`,\n`zsh`, and `fish`.\n\n```sh\n\u25f2  desk 0.6.0\n\nUsage:\n\n    desk\n        List the current desk and any associated aliases. If no desk\n        is being used, display available desks.\n    desk init\n        Initialize desk configuration.\n    desk (list|ls)\n        List all desks along with a description.\n    desk (.|go) [\u003cdesk-name-or-path\u003e [",
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