tmuxtmuxinator

Can I pass a config file directly to tmuxinator on the command-line?

I'm new to tmuxinator, so forgive me if this is a naive question.

I have a tmuxinator config file (say, my_config.yaml,) stored in a source tree of a shared project.

For others to use it, AFAICT they first have to make a soft-link from the config file to inside thier home directory, then launch tmuxinator separately:

$ ln -rs my_config.yaml ~/.tmuxinator/
$ tmuxinator my_config

This is inconvenient, and also requires that all your config files have unique filenames, lest they collide in ~/.tmuxinator/.

I'd much rather just be able to do something like:

$ tmuxinator my_config.yaml

Is there a way to pass the config file to tmuxinator on the command line?

Solution

  • Is there a way to pass the config file to tmuxinator on the command line?

    Not currently. Feel free to open a feature request/issue on GitHub.

    Tmuxinator does, however, support project level config files. If you move my_config.yml to /project/root/.tmuxinator, you can then start it (from the project root) via tmuxinator start . or tmuxinator local.

    UPDATE:

    As I added below in the comments, this is now possible using the -p flag:

    tmuxinator start -p /path/to/my_config.yml