Change root in NERDTree

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xralf picture xralf · Apr 28, 2011 · Viewed 18.6k times · Source

I tried to change the NERDTree root with

:BookmarkToRoot <bookmark>

command and with C letter but when I close vim and open vim the root is not changed.

Do you know how to change the root forever?

Answer

romainl picture romainl · Apr 28, 2011

You could try something like:

nnoremap <leader>n :NERDTree /path/to/folder<CR>

I have this in my .vimrc:

set autochdir
let NERDTreeChDirMode=2
nnoremap <leader>n :NERDTree .<CR>

so that NERDTree always opens in the current folder.

With the 1st line, the working directory is always the one where the active buffer is located.

With the 2nd line, I make sure the working directory is set correctly.

With the 3rd line, I hit <leader>n to open NERDTree.

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