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Directory history navigation (fish or built-in)

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Description

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Describe the solution you'd like?

Navigate directory history with Alt+ and Alt+.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm using fish shell which supports this by default but it isn't working in Warp.

Additional context

Fish has support for a directory history. It's similar to pushd, popd, dirs but automatic and built in, and specifically it supports navigating the history with keyboard shortcuts.

Alt+ and Alt+ will move back and forward one word, or navigate the history if the command is empty.

Fish docs regarding this feature: https://fishshell.com/docs/current/interactive.html#id13

This isn't working in Warp.

I would like this fish feature to work seamlessly in Warp, or a similar feature to be built into warp.

How important is this feature to you?

5 (Can't work without it!)

Warp Internal (ignore) - linear-label:39cc6478-1249-4ee7-950b-c428edfeecd1

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Research direction

Start with the linked fish interactive documentation and the requested Alt+Left and Alt+Right behavior. Determine whether Warp should expose fish's directory history or provide an equivalent built-in feature; done means empty-command navigation moves backward and forward through directory history while preserving the stated word-navigation behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
fish, shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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