From 121900c093c2a7101539ea18a8ea447b09e463fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: druckdev <63563978+druckdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 14:23:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] zsh: Add mvln() that moves a file but keeps a link

---
 .config/zsh/plugins/functions.zsh | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.config/zsh/plugins/functions.zsh b/.config/zsh/plugins/functions.zsh
index 39f6a0e..7d80c7a 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/plugins/functions.zsh
+++ b/.config/zsh/plugins/functions.zsh
@@ -310,3 +310,16 @@ nemo() {
 		command nemo "$@"
 	fi
 }
+
+## Move a file but keep a symlink to the new location.
+mvln() {
+	# DST will not exist if `mv` is used for renaming.
+	[[ -e $1 ]] && [[ -d $2 || -d "$(dirname "$2")" ]] || return 1
+
+	mv "$1" "$2" || return
+	if [[ -d $2 ]]; then
+		ln -s "${2:A}/$(basename "$1")" "$1"
+	else
+		ln -s "${2:A}" "$1"
+	fi
+}