This PR introduces support for a `--user-data-dir` CLI flag to override
Zed's data directory and proposes renaming `support_dir` to `data_dir`
for better cross-platform clarity. It builds on the discussion in #25349
about custom data directories, aiming to provide a flexible
cross-platform solution.
### Changes
The PR is split into two commits:
1. **[feat(cli): add --user-data-dir to override data
directory](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/26886/commits/28e8889105847401e783d1739722d0998459fe5a)**
2. **[refactor(paths): rename support_dir to data_dir for cross-platform
clarity](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/26886/commits/affd2fc606b39af1b25432a688a9006229a8fc3a)**
### Context
Inspired by the need for custom data directories discussed in #25349,
this PR provides an immediate implementation in the first commit, while
the second commit suggests a naming improvement for broader appeal.
@mikayla-maki, I’d appreciate your feedback, especially on the rename
proposal, given your involvement in the original discussion!
### Testing
- `cargo build `
- `./target/debug/zed --user-data-dir ~/custom-data-dir`
Release Notes:
- Added --user-data-dir CLI flag
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Signed-off-by: Marko Kungla <marko.kungla@gmail.com>
This changes the Zed CLI `zed` to pass along the environment to the Zed
project that it opens (if it opens a new one).
In projects, this CLI environment will now take precedence over any
environment that's acquired by running a login shell in a projects
folder.
The result is that `zed my/folder` now always behaves as if one would
run `zed --foreground` without any previous Zed version running.
Closes#7894Closes#16293
Related issues:
- It fixes the issue described in here:
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4977#issuecomment-2305272027
Release Notes:
- Improved the Zed CLI `zed` to pass along the environment as it was on
the CLI to the opened Zed project. That environment is then used when
opening new terminals, spawning tasks, or language servers.
Specifically:
- If Zed was started via `zed my-folder`, a terminal spawned with
`workspace: new terminal` will inherit these environment variables that
existed on the CLI
- Specific language servers that allow looking up the language server
binary in the environments `$PATH` (such as `gopls`, `zls`,
`rust-analyzer` if configured, ...) will look up the language server
binary in the CLI environment too and use that environment when starting
the process.
- Language servers that are _not_ found in the CLI environment (or
configured to not be found in there), will be spawned with the CLI
environment in case that's set. That means users can do something like
`RA_LOG=info zed .` and it will be picked up the rust-analyzer that was
spawned.
Demo/explanation:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/455905cc-8b7c-4fc4-b98a-7e027d97cdfa
Allows Zed to open custom `zed://` links (redirects from
https://zed.dev/channels) on Linux used XDG MIME types.
This PR also allows the CLI to be able to open Zed (`zed://`) URIs
directly instead of executing the main executable in
`/usr/libexec/zed-editor`.
Release Notes:
- Linux: Allow `zed.dev/channel` (`zed://`) URIs to open on Linux
- CLI: Ability to open URIs from the command line
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Co-authored-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>
- [x] Build out cli on linux
- [x] Add support for --dev-server-token sent by the CLI
- [x] Package cli into the .tar.gz
- [x] Link the cli to ~/.local/bin in install.sh
Release Notes:
- linux: Add cli support for managing zed
When neither is specified, if you open a directory you get a new
workspace, otherwise files are added to your existing workspace.
With --new files are always opened in a new workspace
With --add directories are always added to an existing workspace
Fixes#9076Fixes#4861Fixes#5370
Release Notes:
- Added `-n/--new` and `-a/--add` to the zed CLI. When neither is
specified, if you open a directory you get a new workspace, otherwise
files are added to your existing workspace. With `--new` files are
always opened in a new workspace, with `--add` directories are always
added to an existing workspace.
([#9076](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/9096),
[#4861](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/4861),
[#5370](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/5370)).
Zed now is able to behave as if it's being started from CLI
(`ZED_FORCE_CLI_MODE` env var)
Zed CLI accepts regular binary file path into `-b` parameter (only *.app before),
and tries to start it as Zed editor with `ZED_FORCE_CLI_MODE` env var
and other params needed.
We still aren't handling CLI requests in the app, but this lays the foundation for bi-directional communication.
Co-Authored-By: Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>
