From 12214f20764340d4b04da7313fad35609ba86a7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WormHeamer
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 17:04:20 -0500
Subject: make select_file() start in directory of current buffer if possible

---
 main.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'main.c')

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index af934e6..ee083b7 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -515,6 +515,13 @@ static Str basename(Str s) {
 	}
 }
 
+static Str dirname(Str s) {
+	while (s.n > 0 && s.s[s.n - 1] == '/') s.n--;
+	while (s.n > 0 && s.s[s.n - 1] != '/') s.n--;
+	while (s.n > 0 && s.s[s.n - 1] == '/') s.n--;
+	return s;
+}
+
 #define STYLE_BUF (A_DEFAULT)
 #define STYLE_BUF_SEL (STYLE_BUF | A_REVERSE)
 #define STYLE_TXT (A_DEFAULT)
@@ -1354,7 +1361,12 @@ again:
 }
 
 Str select_file(void) {
-	Str s = select_file_in(".");
+	const char *path = ".";
+	EditBuf *eb = &e.buf[e.bufi];
+	if (eb->type == ED_BUF_FILE || eb->type == ED_BUF_BIN_FILE) {
+		path = str_to_cstr(dirname(eb->path), &e.scratch);
+	}
+	Str s = select_file_in(path);
 	return s;
 }
 
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