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+#!/bin/bash
+# Stole from https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues/808#issuecomment-334200570
+#
+# Spawn a new instance of Alacritty using the CWD of the currently focused
+# Alacritty process.
+#
+# This is useful in environment like i3 where terminals are opened using a
+# key-combination while another terminal is already focused.
+#
+# If the script is run with a non-Alacritty window in focus or a non-compliant
+# version of Alacritty, an instance will be spawned in the user's $HOME.
+
+ACTIVE_WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
+ACTIVE_WM_CLASS=$(xprop -id $ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep WM_CLASS)
+if [[ $ACTIVE_WM_CLASS == *"Alacritty"* ]]
+then
+    # Get PID. If _NET_WM_PID isn't set, bail.
+    PID=$(xprop -id $ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep _NET_WM_PID | grep -oP "\d+")
+    if [[ "$PID" == "" ]]
+    then
+        WINIT_X11_SCALE_FACTOR=1 alacritty
+    fi
+    # Get first child of terminal
+    CHILD_PID=$(pgrep -P $PID)
+    if [[ "$PID" == "" ]]
+    then
+        WINIT_X11_SCALE_FACTOR=1 alacritty
+    fi
+    # Get current directory of child. The first child should be the shell.
+    pushd "/proc/${CHILD_PID}/cwd"
+    SHELL_CWD=$(pwd -P)
+    popd
+    # Start alacritty with the working directory
+    WINIT_X11_SCALE_FACTOR=1 alacritty --working-directory "$SHELL_CWD"
+else
+    WINIT_X11_SCALE_FACTOR=1 alacritty
+fi