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  • Gamma@programming.devOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago
    ZDOTDIR="${${(%):-%x}:P:h}"
    Literal explanation
    • ${(%)...} enable prompt sequences
    • %x a prompt sequence which expands to the current file being executed
    • :P resolve symlinks
    • :h the parent directory
    Full context

    This line is in my ~/.config/zsh/.zshenv, which I symlink into my home directory. This resolves the symlink and sets $ZDOTDIR to the directory in which my zsh config files actually live, that way they aren’t all in my home directory.