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I regularly switch between exactly two things while working, a +“current” and an “alternate” item; a lot of tools I use seem to support +this flow.

git

Pass - to git-checkout to switch to the +previously active branch:

$ git branch
+* foo
+  bar
+
+$ git checkout bar
+$ git branch
+  foo
+* bar
+
+$ git checkout -
+$ git branch
+* foo
+  bar

bash - cd

This may not be exclusive to bash:

~/foo $ cd ~/bar
+~/bar $ cd -
+~/foo $

This is especially handy in combination with my git-worktree flow:

~/main-branch $ gwj feature
+~/feat-branch $ cd -
+~/main-branch $

bash - jobs

I often suspend multiple vim sessions with +Ctrl-Z:

$ jobs
+[1]+  Stopped                 vim transpiler/src/transform.rs
+[2]-  Stopped                 git commit --verbose

In the above example: I suspended vim when working on +transform.rs, and then began working on a commit by running +git commit without a message flag (lets you craft a message +in $EDITOR). To bring the current job to the foreground, +you can use fg:

$ fg

With a job identifier:

$ fg %2    # resumes interactive git commit

Or switch to “last” job, or the second-most-recently-resumed job:

$ fg %-
+$ %-      # shorthand

vim

Switch to the last active buffer with Ctrl+^. In +command-mode, # refers to the last active buffer, you can +use this as an argument to a few commands:

:b#      " switch to alternate buffer (same as Ctrl+^)
+:vsp#    " create a vertical split with the alternate buffer
+:read#   " read contents of alternate buffer into current buffer
+:!wc #   " pass file name of alternate buffer to the command `wc`

See :help c_# for more.

tmux

Switch to the last active tmux session with +<prefix>+shift+L.

qutebrowser

Switch to the last active tab with g$.

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