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@Viriathus1 Viriathus1 commented Feb 10, 2026

Resolves #14750, this PR provides a config option for automatically opening directories with the file picker or file explorer. This option can affect the following within helix:

  • At startup when the first argument is a directory; for example hx .
  • open command when a directory arg is provided
  • goto_file command when a directory arg is provided

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Add a default startup option for file_explorer

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