ctrlp.vim support for starting in multiple directories

It would be awesome if we could specify multiple directories where to search, for example

map <leader>dm :CtrlP app/assets/javascripts/foo/models app/assets/javascripts/bar/models<cr>

or even better with a *

map <leader>dm :CtrlP app/assets/javascripts/*/models

Is there any workaround which would allow this?

Feb 15 '13 12:02 darthdeus

it's not optimal but you could simulate most of this functionality using symlinks.

Mar 03 '13 18:03 bling

Can you be more specific? Do you mean symlinking app/assets/javascripts/foo/models under app/assets/javascripts/models/foo and app/assets/javascripts/bar/models under app/assets/javascripts/models/bar?

Mar 03 '13 21:03 darthdeus

as in:

mkdir ~/dev
cd ~/dev
ln -s /path/to/app/foo/models foo-models
ln -s /path/to/app/bar/models bar-models

then just set g:ctrlp_follow_symlinks=1 in your vimrc.

Mar 05 '13 14:03 bling

I second the original request: having a way to search an arbitrary number of directories, without using symlinks, would be fantastic!

Apr 05 '13 15:04 svec

This would be great for scripting CtrlP to search specific directories.

Apr 08 '13 14:04 mitchellhenke

+1 for this. I have a project with many files and folder. Would be much easier to search for files with this feature.

Jun 06 '13 04:06 AgentCosmic

:+1 for the original request!

Sep 01 '13 13:09 chibicode

+1 for this or a global variable that allows setting a set of default directories in which to begin the search.

Mar 01 '14 06:03 sirbrillig

I'd love to see this too. What workarounds (except from symlinks) do people currently use to scope their search to only a selection of folders?

Jul 17 '14 16:07 majjoha

+1 !

Aug 01 '14 09:08 ghost

+1 !

Sep 08 '14 07:09 akarl

+1

Nov 29 '14 07:11 borko84

Alternatively, an option to search the default "path" variable that :find uses. Path allows you to append multiple directories with :set path+=/more/dirs/here/