ctrlp.vim/readme.md

Full path fuzzy file finder with an intuitive interface. Written in pure Vimscript. Has full support for Vim’s regexp as search pattern, and more.

Basic Usage

• Press <c-p> or run :CtrlP to invoke CtrlP.
• Use * ? ^ + or | in the prompt to submit the string as a Vim’s regexp pattern. Or press <c-r> to switch to full regexp mode.
• Ever remember only the file name but not where it is? Press <c-d> while in the prompt to switch to file name only search. Press <c-d> again to switch back to full path search.
• End the input string with a colon : followed by a number to jump to that line in the selected file. e.g. abc:45 to open the file matched the pattern abc and jump to line 45.
• Press <c-f> to switch to find buffer mode. Or run :CtrlPBuffer.

Basic Options

• Change the mapping to invoke CtrlP with:

  let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>'
  

• When starting up the prompt, automatically set the working directory to:
  1 - the parent directory of the current file.
  2 - the nearest ancestor that contains one of these directories/files:
  .git/
  .hg/
  .bzr/
  _darcs/
  root.dir
  .vimprojects
  0 - don’t manage working directory.

  let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 1
  

• You can also use the set-working-directory functionality outside of CtrlP by adding the following line to your vimrc; the parameter is the same (1, 2 and 0):

  au BufEnter * cal ctrlp#SetWorkingPath(2)
  

Check the docs for more mappings and options.