I'm looking to load a local config file for emacs when I "M-x: cd" into a new directory. Project specific settings. I'm wondering how'd I'd set this up in my init.el. I've got a local config setup like
(if (file-exists-p "~/.emacs.d/local.el") (load-file "~/.emacs.d/local.el"))
Your question isn't entirely clear, but one very useful technique for project-specific settings is to use a .dir-locals.el file:
Sometimes, you may wish to define the same set of local variables to all the files in a certain directory and its subdirectories, such as the directory tree of a large software project. This can be accomplished with directory-local variables.
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Here's an example of a .dir-locals.el file:
((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . t) (fill-column . 80))) (c-mode . ((c-file-style . "BSD") (subdirs . nil))) ("src/imported" . ((nil . ((change-log-default-name . "ChangeLog.local"))))))
It's not very clear to me what you're asking, but if you want to do something additional whenever Emacs function (command) cd is invoked then just advise it.
