Support a different target in each terminal window

[scottfrederick]

Nice plugin @guidowb. I have a bash script that I've been using for a similar purpose, but I like the idea of using a CLI plugin instead.

However, my script has an additional feature that I find indispensable. It not only makes it fast and easy to switch targets, but allows each open terminal window to use a different target. It does this by creating a cf config directory for each target like your plugin does, but also sets CF_HOME to point to that directory. Since CF_HOME is specific to a terminal session, I can switch between terminal windows and have each window targeting a different org and space.

Any chance you could enhance this plugin to do something similar?

[guidowb]

Love that idea. No promises but will give it some thought.

[bfrancom]

Nice plugin @guidowb. I have a bash script that I've been using for a similar purpose, but I like the idea of using a CLI plugin instead.

However, my script has an additional feature that I find indispensable. It not only makes it fast and easy to switch targets, but allows each open terminal window to use a different target. It does this by creating a cf config directory for each target like your plugin does, but also sets CF_HOME to point to that directory. Since CF_HOME is specific to a terminal session, I can switch between terminal windows and have each window targeting a different org and space.

Any chance you could enhance this plugin to do something similar?

Does your script still work @scottfrederick ? Do you have a link? Thanks!

[guidowb]

I've always liked this feature suggestion and never thought of a good way to implement this. The plugin doesn't get invoked when using a different cf ... command so it can't intervene based on current directory at the other command's execution time. It just manipulates the config files used by subsequent command invocations.

The best alternative I'm aware of is to use it in conjunction with something like direnv, and use a .envrc file to invoke the appropriate cf set-target <name>. I could probably improve that a little by supporting a special target name like ., so you don't have to create a named target for each directory.

[scottfrederick]

Here's my script. You'll need to source cfenv.sh somewhere in a .rc file or equivalent for your shell.

I didn't write this myself. I originally got this from someone else who is better at writing shell scripts than I am. I'd give proper attribution but it's been way to long for me to remember who I got it from.