FEATURE REQUEST: Ability for zi to go directly to single result

[jasonlyle88]

If zi comes up with only 1 result, it would be nice if we were able to configure it so that it could automatically go directly to that result! Maybe an environment variable that could be set?

[azaleacolburn]

I'm not sure if this is exactly the functionality we want, but assuming I'll assume it is. This might be kinda weird because you'd have to get the length of a stream, but it's totally possible and pretty easy.

[jasonlyle88]

That's why I said it should be a configurable option. I do t want to go changing the default behavior that everyone has come to expect from zi. So by default, zi would still behave the same. But if we set this new environment variable (_ZO_ZI_GO_TO_ONLY_RESULT=true or something like that?), then this new behavior would be enabled.

When I originally picked up zoxide, I had considered aliasing cd to zi... But quickly decided against it when I discovered that there was no way to make zi go to a single result.

This feature makes that more of a possibility. Maybe still not a great option, but it makes it more realistic at least!

[azaleacolburn]

The PR #1026 will create an environment variable that allows additional options to be passed into fzf when running zi. Once that PR is merged, you'll be able to set the behavior you've detailed with:

export _ZO_FZF_EXTRA_OPTS="--select-1"

Note

The exact environment variable name might change, so be sure to check the docs after the PR is merged.