move temp files out of the cwd

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/emacs/init.el b/emacs/init.el
index d1ebc0a..1d467d7 100644
--- a/emacs/init.el
+++ b/emacs/init.el
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@
 (global-display-line-numbers-mode 1)
 (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
 
-;; keep customizations out of this file
 (setq custom-file
       (make-temp-file "emacs-custom-"))
 
+;; move temp files out of the cwd
+(let ((auto-save-dir (concat user-emacs-directory "auto-save/"))
+      (backup-dir (concat user-emacs-directory "backups/")))
+  (make-directory auto-save-dir t)
+  (make-directory backup-dir t)
+  (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms
+        `((".*" ,auto-save-dir t)))
+  (setq backup-directory-alist
+        `(("." . ,backup-dir))))
+
 (use-package evil
   :init
   (setq evil-want-keybinding nil)
@@ -30,6 +39,8 @@
   :config
   (evil-collection-init))
 
+(add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook (lambda () (evil-insert-state)))
+
 (use-package vs-dark-theme
   :config
   (load-theme 'vs-dark t))