From bfdf487409ee8ba1135d3fbd3d75867274b4a52c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 10:01:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Open The Directory Of The Current File as a vim til

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 README.md                                     |  3 +-
 vim/open-the-directory-of-the-current-file.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 vim/open-the-directory-of-the-current-file.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really
 warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with
 smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
 
-_479 TILs and counting..._
+_480 TILs and counting..._
 
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@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ _479 TILs and counting..._
 - [Open A Tag In A Split Window](vim/open-a-tag-in-a-split-window.md)
 - [Open an Unnamed Buffer](vim/open-an-unnamed-buffer.md)
 - [Open Routes File With vim-rails](vim/open-routes-file-with-vim-rails.md)
+- [Open The Directory Of The Current File](vim/open-the-directory-of-the-current-file.md)
 - [Open The Gemfile](vim/open-the-gemfile.md)
 - [Open The Latest Rails Migration](vim/open-the-latest-rails-migration.md)
 - [Open Vim To A Tag Definition](vim/open-vim-to-a-tag-definition.md)
diff --git a/vim/open-the-directory-of-the-current-file.md b/vim/open-the-directory-of-the-current-file.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Open The Directory Of The Current File
+
+In one of my first TILs ever, [Head Of File
+Name](https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/vim/head-of-file-name.md),
+I wrote about a fancy, archaic way of popping open a netrw view for the
+directory of the current file. To this day, I still use it all the time when
+I'm curious about the other files co-located with the file I'm editing.
+
+There are a couple other ways to do this that arguably require less finger
+gymnastics.
+
+```
+:Explore
+```
+
+This has the same behavior `:e %:h` at the cost of a few extra (easier to
+reach) keys.
+
+There is also
+
+```
+:Sex
+```
+
+which opens it up in a split. And as you'd expect, you can also use `:Vex`
+for a vertical split.
+
+[source](http://superuser.com/questions/31677/how-do-i-open-the-directory-of-the-current-open-file)