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Deprecate restoring shell history
"restoring shell history" feature is very invasive and dirty. I propose
removing it in the future without the replacement.

I worry it spoils the first experience of using this plugin for users
that accidentally turn it on and don't know how to turn it off, see
https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect/issues/288

Also, it hurts me to reject PRs that improve the feature.

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Tmux Resurrect

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Restore tmux environment after system restart.

Tmux is great, except when you have to restart the computer. You lose all the running programs, working directories, pane layouts etc. There are helpful management tools out there, but they require initial configuration and continuous updates as your workflow evolves or you start new projects.

tmux-resurrect saves all the little details from your tmux environment so it can be completely restored after a system restart (or when you feel like it). No configuration is required. You should feel like you never quit tmux.

It even (optionally) restores vim and neovim sessions!

Automatic restoring and continuous saving of tmux env is also possible with tmux-continuum plugin.

Screencast

screencast screenshot

Key bindings

  • prefix + Ctrl-s - save
  • prefix + Ctrl-r - restore

About

This plugin goes to great lengths to save and restore all the details from your tmux environment. Here's what's been taken care of:

  • all sessions, windows, panes and their order
  • current working directory for each pane
  • exact pane layouts within windows (even when zoomed)
  • active and alternative session
  • active and alternative window for each session
  • windows with focus
  • active pane for each window
  • "grouped sessions" (useful feature when using tmux with multiple monitors)
  • programs running within a pane! More details in the restoring programs doc.

Optional:

Requirements / dependencies: tmux 1.9 or higher, bash.

Tested and working on Linux, OSX and Cygwin.

tmux-resurrect is idempotent! It will not try to restore panes or windows that already exist.
The single exception to this is when tmux is started with only 1 pane in order to restore previous tmux env. Only in this case will this single pane be overwritten.

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it. You should now be able to use the plugin.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect ~/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/resurrect.tmux

Reload TMUX environment with: $ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf. You should now be able to use the plugin.

Docs

Configuration

Optional features

Experimental features (also optional)

Other goodies

  • tmux-copycat - a plugin for regex searches in tmux and fast match selection
  • tmux-yank - enables copying highlighted text to system clipboard
  • tmux-open - a plugin for quickly opening highlighted file or a url
  • tmux-continuum - automatic restoring and continuous saving of tmux env

Reporting bugs and contributing

Both contributing and bug reports are welcome. Please check out contributing guidelines.

Credits

Mislav Marohnić - the idea for the plugin came from his tmux-session script.

License

MIT