#+TITLE: Counsel-projectile -- Ivy UI for Projectile
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[[https://melpa.org/#/counsel-projectile][[[https://melpa.org/packages/counsel-projectile-badge.svg]]]]

* Description
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:CUSTOM_ID:          description
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[[https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile][Projectile]] has native support for using [[https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper][ivy]] as its completion system. Counsel-projectile provides further ivy integration into projectile by taking advantage of ivy's mechanism to select from a list of actions and/or apply an action without leaving the completion session. It is inspired by [[https://github.com/bbatsov/helm-projectile][helm-projectile]].
* Installation
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:CUSTOM_ID:          installation
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Install the package from [[https://melpa.org][MELPA]] or [[https://github.com/dimitri/el-get][el-get]], or clone this repository somewhere in your load path.
* Basic setup
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:CUSTOM_ID:          basic-setup
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You can use counsel-projectile (and in particular call the command ~counsel-projectile~ described below with ~C-c p SPC~) without setting up anything. If you want counsel-projectile to install replacements for some standard projectile commands (see below again), add the following to your init file:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (counsel-projectile-on)
#+END_SRC
* Usage
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:CUSTOM_ID:          usage
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The main command is ~counsel-projectile~, and can be called with ~C-c p SPC~ (assuming the variable ~projectile-keymap-prefix~ has been left at its default value, ~C-c p~). This command behaves differently depending on whether you call it from inside a project or not:
- If you are not inside a project, it calls the function ~counsel-projectile-switch-project~. This uses ivy to display a list of all known projects and let you select a project to switch to. You can choose from a number of actions to be applied upon switching (using ~M-o~ or ~C-M-o~, as usual with ivy).
- If you are inside a project, it instead uses ivy to display a list of all project buffers and files. The project buffers are fontified, and the project files that are not currently open are shown as "virtual buffers" with a different font (as in the function ~ivy-switch-buffer~). You can choose to visit the selected file / display the selected buffer in the current or another window. If you would rather switch to a different project, you can so with ~M-SPC~.

Counsel-projectile also provides replacements for several standard projectile commands, which take advantage of ivy to let you choose from several actions. To install these replacements, call the command ~counsel-projectile-on~. Here are the currently defined replacements, with their default key-bindings:
- ~C-c p f~ ~counsel-projectile-find-file~: find a project file,
- ~C-c p d~ ~counsel-projectile-find-dir~: find a project directory,
- ~C-c p b~ ~counsel-projectile-switch-to-buffer~: switch to a project buffer,
- ~C-c p s s~ ~counsel-projectile-ag~: search project files with ag,
- ~C-c p p~ ~counsel-projectile-switch-project~: switch to another project (see above).

If your default action for switching to a project (stored in the variable ~projectile-switch-project-action~) is ~projectile-find-file~ (the default), then ~counsel-projectile-on~ also replaces it with ~counsel-projectile~.

You can call the command ~counsel-projectile-off~ to undo all changes made by ~counsel-projectile-on~.
* Contributors
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:CUSTOM_ID:          contributors
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Many thanks to [[https://github.com/abo-abo][abo-abo]] and [[https://github.com/DamienCassou][DamienCassou]] who encouraged and helped me to start this repository.