Is it possible to filter lazygit to show only files under the current directory?

[tiagovla]

Hi all,

I often work deep inside a Git repository, for example:

/home/user/github/project/this/is/getting/deep/

When I run lazygit from this subdirectory, it shows me all changes across the entire repo (root at /home/user/github/project), which can be overwhelming.

Is there a way to make lazygit only show files and changes under the current working directory? Something like:

cd /home/user/github/project/this/is/getting/deep/
lazygit --filter .

or maybe lazygit respects the current directory by default, showing only files under it?

If this isn’t currently supported, are there plans to add this feature? It would really help when working in large repos or monorepos, to focus only on the relevant subfolder.

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Real use case: managing .dotfiles with stow

I manage my .dotfiles repo which has a .dotfiles/ folder with lots of config files organized in subdirectories. I use stow to symlink config files into my home directory.

When I’m working inside a linked subfolder of .dotfiles and run lazygit, it shows me changes across the entire dotfiles repo, which is large and cluttered.

Being able to filter lazygit to just the current subfolder would let me focus only on the part I’m editing, making staging and commits easier.

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Thanks for any pointers or suggestions!

[Stricken1670]

I was also thinking of a similar function, for example lazygit ., which would focus the browser on the current directory. Not necessarily filtering, but saving me to search through all uncommitted stuff.