> alias .....="cd ../../../.." How often do you use that and how often do you get it right? :-) My cd related aliases are the following. Especially the .<numb

> alias .....="cd ../../../.." How often do you use that and how often do you get it right? :-) My cd related aliases are the following. Especially the .<number> is surprisingly useful, although most of the time I only use .2 and .3 alias ..='cd ../' alias .1='cd ../' alias .2='cd ../../' alias .3='cd ../../../' alias .4='cd ../../../../' alias .5='cd ../../../../../' # sometimes, the space gets swallowed alias cd.='cd .' alias cd..='cd ..' But that gave me an idea for another useful directory changer: "go to project root". Project root definition could vary, although nowadays it is probably "go to the first directory upstream with a .git directory" Edit: found this elsewhere in this discussion posted by jgresty https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18901834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18901834 # go to root git directory alias cdgit='cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)'