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Expand Up @@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ Lightweight workspace manager for the shell.

Desk makes it easy to flip back and forth between different project contexts in
your favorite shell. Change directory, activate a virtualenv or rvm, load
in domain-specific aliases, functions, arbitrary shell files, all in a
single command.
in domain-specific aliases, environment variables, functions, arbitrary shell files,
all in a single command.

Instead of relying on `CTRL-R` to execute and recall ("that command's gotta
be here somewhere..."), desk helps shorten and document those actions with
shell aliases and functions, which are then namespaced under a particular
desk.

Because Deskfiles are just enriched shell scripts, the possibilities are
endless. For example, when doing work on AWS I have desk
securely load AWS API keys into environment variables via
[`pass`](https://www.passwordstore.org/) -- no effort on my part, and no
risk of accidentally persisting that sensitive information to a history file.

<img src='screencap.gif' width=700>

I have a hard time calling this a "workspace manager" with a straight
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