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#Satchel

satchel.el is a small utility to help manage buffers and files on a working branch. You can place files in a satchel, which is a file with a list of files inside:

;; satchel is named '~---src---satchel---#master'
(("/home/theo/src/satchel/satchel.el")
 ("/home/theo/src/satchel/README.md"))

This file is persisted, then read back in every time it is needed. The useful thing with this is that often you struggle with tens, if not a hundred buffers in your buffer list, and fuzzy finding simply gets slow because you have to parse the incremental search. If you manage these satchels manually you can maintain the 3-5 files that are most important at any given time, thus having a much less cluttered search space.

#Satchels are separated by git branches

This means that when you switch branches, your satchels are automatically updated and scoped to the work you are currently focused on.

#Install from ELPA

This package is available from GNU ELPA, so it should be easy to just M-x package-install RET satchel RET

#Development

You are free to send patches to the lists, or add an issue to the tracker, both of which are listed at the top of this document.