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# Configure cd To Behave Like pushd In Zsh

The Zsh environment has a setting that allows you to make the `cd` command behave like the `pushd` command. Normally when you use `cd` the [remembered directory stack](/til/os/unix/directory/list-the-stack-of-remembered-directories.md) is not effected. However, if you add the following setting to your `~/.zshrc` file:

```bash
setopt auto_pushd
```

then using `cd` to navigate directories will cause those directories to be added to the `dirs` stack.

This is the default in the [oh-my-zsh configuration of zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/lib/directories.zsh#L2).