Is it possible to pin a project?

[refaelsh]

How can I pin a specific project to the list of recent projects?

[jcs090218]

No, there is no such a feature. However, you can organize the project list yourself so targeted projects are always on top on the list.

Hope that helps! ;)

[refaelsh]

However, you can organize the project list yourself so targeted projects are always on top on the list.

Could you please point me to the relevant part of the documentation for that?

[jcs090218]

See this part of code:

https://github.com/emacs-dashboard/emacs-dashboard/blob/34a0076f01a729b4aae16947fa0d0e130cafedfd/dashboard-widgets.el#L1195C8-L1210

There is a variable (whether you use project.el or projectile) that stores the project roots for you. All you need to do is to sort that variable in the order you want.

[refaelsh]

There is a variable

My ELisp is rusty. Could you please point to a specific line in that function?
Will I be able to modify this variable in my init.el?

All you need to do is to sort that variable in the order you want.

Sort? Why sort? Would it be possible to add to the top (or the end) of the list of projects?

[jcs090218]

Will I be able to modify this variable in my init.el?

Yes, you can. I use project.el (not projectile) so I will use this backend as the example:

project-known-project-roots (L1206) is the function that returns a list of project roots. Let's see the function's definition:

(defun project-known-project-roots ()
  "Return the list of root directories of all known projects."
  (project--ensure-read-project-list)
  (mapcar #'car project--list))  ; See `project--list`, this is the variable you want to modify!

Try to print the variable, and see what's the value:

(message "%s" project--list)  ; Returns -> (("path/to/project1") ("path/to/project2"))

Now, all you need to do is to sort this variable in the correct order.

Sort? Why sort? Would it be possible to add to the top (or the end) of the list of projects?

You could but you might have duplicated items in the list. 🤔

Here is the documentation about the sorting functions, see https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eintr/Sorting.html.

[refaelsh]

Thank you very much. I think I understand.