New waypipe entering method

flake.lock

@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1783134515,
+        "lastModified": 1783963347,
-        "narHash": "sha256-qMoZazubXlXUD9k/syJ/aiWC4X4g73mwVmZ7Z4+rdpM=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-r376E2XpakiXwModDHIxlvB6qLq4iFVEq730vxOO4JY=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "b885baad531fa3d3beae2ba9a0712d22974d8016",
+        "rev": "a45a7c451455a51ae740ec3bce4024b312809c29",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1782959384,
+        "lastModified": 1783776592,
-        "narHash": "sha256-xnJJk+ct+D2+wdRxj1wk36w5zV9RVESwRqcklPdt3fM=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-UgCQzxeWI75XM8G+hPrPh+MKzEPjG3SpAj7dtqSbksA=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "65179426c83bb3f6bc14898b42ea1c6f01d374b0",
+        "rev": "e7a3ca8092b61ff85b6a45bf863ea2b2d6a661b3",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

home/zsh/files/waypipe.zsh

@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
-if [ "$SSH_SESSION_ID" != "" ]; then
+if [ "$PREVIOUS_SESSION_ID" != "" ]; then
-    mkdir -p /tmp/ssh_sessions
+    # Spawned as a new window/terminal for an existing remote session (by the
-    echo $$ > /tmp/ssh_sessions/"$SSH_SESSION_ID"
+    # niri/hyprland keybind). Inherit that session's working directory: find a
-fi
+    # live shell whose SSH_SESSION_ID (carried in its environment) matches and
-
+    # cd to its cwd. Then drop the hint so child shells don't keep jumping back.
-if [ "$REMOTE_PATH" != "" ]; then
+    _best_pid=0
-    if [ -d "$REMOTE_PATH" ]; then
+    _prev_cwd=""
-        cd "$REMOTE_PATH"
+    for _environ in /proc/[0-9]*/environ; do
-    fi
+        _pid=${_environ%/environ}
-elif [ "$PREVIOUS_SESSION_ID" != "" ]; then
+        _pid=${_pid#/proc/}
-    cd "$(readlink -e /proc/$(cat /tmp/ssh_sessions/$PREVIOUS_SESSION_ID)/cwd)"
+        # cat (not a < redirect) so unreadable/ptrace-protected environ files
+        # fail quietly into the pipe instead of raising a shell error.
+        if cat "$_environ" 2>/dev/null | tr '\0' '\n' | grep -Fxq "SSH_SESSION_ID=$PREVIOUS_SESSION_ID"; then
+            [ "$(cat /proc/$_pid/comm 2>/dev/null)" = zsh ] || continue
+            _c=$(readlink -e /proc/$_pid/cwd 2>/dev/null) || continue
+            if [ -n "$_c" ] && [ "$_pid" -gt "$_best_pid" ]; then
+                _best_pid=$_pid
+                _prev_cwd=$_c
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+    [ -n "$_prev_cwd" ] && cd "$_prev_cwd"
+    unset _best_pid _prev_cwd _environ _pid _c PREVIOUS_SESSION_ID
 fi
 
 function run_waypipe() {
-    SSH_SESSION_ID=$RANDOM
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    REMOTE_PATH=$(echo $(pwd) | sed "s|/home/[a-z]*|\$HOME|g")
+        echo "usage: run_waypipe <host>" >&2
-    SSH_SESSION_ID=$SSH_SESSION_ID waypipe -n ssh -t $1 env REMOTE_PATH=\"$REMOTE_PATH\" SSH_SESSION_ID=$SSH_SESSION_ID "zsh --login"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    local SSH_SESSION_ID=$RANDOM REMOTE_PATH
+    # Map the current path relative to $HOME so it resolves to the remote user's
+    # home even when the username differs (the remote shell expands $HOME).
+    if [[ "$PWD" == "$HOME" || "$PWD" == "$HOME"/* ]]; then
+        REMOTE_PATH="\$HOME${PWD#$HOME}"
+    else
+        REMOTE_PATH="$PWD"
+    fi
+    # cd into the mirrored path before the interactive shell starts, so the cwd
+    # is never carried in an inherited env var (which would leak to every child
+    # shell and override the cwd of new zellij panes). SSH_SESSION_ID stays in
+    # the environment on purpose: it is the token the WM keybind above uses to
+    # locate this session's shells later.
+    waypipe -n ssh -t "$1" "cd \"$REMOTE_PATH\" 2>/dev/null; exec env SSH_SESSION_ID=$SSH_SESSION_ID zsh --login"
 }
 
 alias s='run_waypipe'