fix: now project dir correctly mounted

src/explain.rs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn default_mounts(cwd: &Path) -> Result<Vec<tui::MountListRow>, Box<dyn Error +
         .file_name()
         .and_then(|name| name.to_str())
         .unwrap_or("project");
-    let project_guest = format!("/root/{project_name}");
+    let project_guest = format!("~/{project_name}");
     let project_host = display_path(cwd);
     let mut rows = vec![tui::MountListRow {
         host: project_host,

src/instance.rs

@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ fn ssh_port_open(ip: &str) -> bool {
 pub(crate) fn build_ssh_login_actions(
     config: &Arc<Mutex<InstanceConfig>>,
     project_name: &str,
+    project_guest_dir: &str,
     guest_dir: &str,
     key_name: &str,
     home_links_script: &str,
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_ssh_login_actions(
         .replace("__SSH_USER__", &ssh_user)
         .replace("__SUDO_PASSWORD__", &sudo_password)
         .replace("__PROJECT_NAME__", project_name)
+        .replace("__PROJECT_GUEST_DIR__", project_guest_dir)
         .replace("__KEY_PATH__", &key_path)
         .replace("__VIBEBOX_SHELL_SCRIPT__", &commands::render_shell_script())
         .replace("__VIBEBOX_HOME_LINKS__", home_links_script);

src/ssh.sh

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -eu
 
 SSH_USER="__SSH_USER__"
 PROJECT_NAME="__PROJECT_NAME__"
+PROJECT_GUEST_DIR="__PROJECT_GUEST_DIR__"
 KEY_PATH="__KEY_PATH__"
 
 diag() { echo "[vibebox][diag] $*" >&2; }
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ dump_diag() {
 }
 
 # 1) tmpfs mount
-TARGET="/root/${PROJECT_NAME}/.vibebox"
+TARGET="${PROJECT_GUEST_DIR}/.vibebox"
 if [ -d "$TARGET" ] && ! mountpoint -q "$TARGET"; then
   mount -t tmpfs tmpfs "$TARGET"
 fi
@@ -78,6 +79,21 @@ __VIBEBOX_SHELL_SCRIPT__
 VIBEBOX_SHELL_EOF
 chmod 644 /etc/profile.d/vibebox.sh
 
+# Auto-cd into project for interactive shells
+cat > /etc/profile.d/vibebox-project.sh <<'VIBEBOX_PROJECT_EOF'
+case "$-" in
+  *i*)
+    project_home="${HOME}/__PROJECT_NAME__"
+    if [ "$USER" = "__SSH_USER__" ] && [ -d "$project_home" ]; then
+      cd "$project_home"
+    elif [ "$USER" = "__SSH_USER__" ] && [ -d "__PROJECT_GUEST_DIR__" ]; then
+      cd "__PROJECT_GUEST_DIR__"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+VIBEBOX_PROJECT_EOF
+chmod 644 /etc/profile.d/vibebox-project.sh
+
 if ! grep -q "vibebox-aliases" "${USER_HOME}/.bashrc" 2>/dev/null; then
   {
     echo ""

src/vm.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const DEBIAN_COMPRESSED_DISK_URL: &str = "https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/
 const DEBIAN_COMPRESSED_SHA: &str = "6ab9be9e6834adc975268367f2f0235251671184345c34ee13031749fdfbf66fe4c3aafd949a2d98550426090e9ac645e79009c51eb0eefc984c15786570bb38";
 const DEBIAN_COMPRESSED_SIZE_BYTES: u64 = 280901576;
 const SHARED_DIRECTORIES_TAG: &str = "shared";
+pub const PROJECT_GUEST_BASE: &str = "/usr/local/vibebox-mounts";
 
 const BYTES_PER_MB: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
 const DEFAULT_CPU_COUNT: usize = 2;
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@ where
     let mut directory_shares = Vec::new();
 
     if !args.no_default_mounts {
-        login_actions.push(Send(format!("cd {project_name}")));
+        let project_guest_dir = PathBuf::from(PROJECT_GUEST_BASE).join(project_name);
+        login_actions.push(Send(format!("cd {}", project_guest_dir.display())));
 
         // discourage read/write of .git folder from within the VM. note that this isn't secure, since the VM runs as root and could unmount this.
         // I couldn't find an alternative way to do this --- the MacOS sandbox doesn't apply to the Apple Virtualization system
@@ -255,15 +257,6 @@ where
             login_actions.push(Send(r"mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .git/".into()));
         }
 
-        directory_shares.push(
-            DirectoryShare::new(
-                project_root,
-                PathBuf::from("/root/").join(project_name),
-                false,
-            )
-            .expect("Project directory must exist"),
-        );
-
         directory_shares.push(mise_directory_share);
     }
 

src/vm_manager.rs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use crate::{
     session_manager::{
         GLOBAL_DIR_NAME, INSTANCE_FILENAME, VM_MANAGER_PID_NAME, VM_MANAGER_SOCKET_NAME,
     },
-    vm::{self, DirectoryShare, LoginAction, VmInput},
+    vm::{self, DirectoryShare, LoginAction, PROJECT_GUEST_BASE, VmInput},
 };
 
 const VM_MANAGER_LOCK_NAME: &str = "vm.lock";
@@ -200,6 +200,30 @@ fn cleanup_stale_manager(instance_dir: &Path) {
     let _ = fs::remove_file(&pid_path);
 }
 
+fn inject_project_mount(
+    mounts: &mut Vec<String>,
+    project_root: &Path,
+    ssh_user: &str,
+    project_name: &str,
+) {
+    let guest_tilde = format!("~/{project_name}");
+    let guest_home = format!("/home/{ssh_user}/{project_name}");
+    let guest_base = format!("{PROJECT_GUEST_BASE}/{project_name}");
+    let already_mapped = mounts.iter().any(|spec| {
+        let parts: Vec<&str> = spec.split(':').collect();
+        if parts.len() < 2 {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let guest = parts[1];
+        guest == guest_tilde || guest == guest_home || guest == guest_base
+    });
+    if already_mapped {
+        return;
+    }
+    let host = project_root.display();
+    mounts.insert(0, format!("{host}:{guest_tilde}:read-write"));
+}
+
 fn is_socket_path(path: &Path) -> bool {
     fs::metadata(path)
         .map(|meta| meta.file_type().is_socket())
@@ -252,7 +276,7 @@ fn rewrite_mount_spec(spec: &str, ssh_user: &str) -> (String, Option<HomeLink>)
         return (spec.to_string(), None);
     }
 
-    let root_base = "/usr/local/vibebox-mounts";
+    let root_base = PROJECT_GUEST_BASE;
     let root_path = if rel.is_empty() {
         root_base.to_string()
     } else {
@@ -563,7 +587,7 @@ impl VmExecutor for RealVmExecutor {
 
 fn run_manager_with(
     project_root: &Path,
-    args: vm::VmArg,
+    mut args: vm::VmArg,
     auto_shutdown_ms: u64,
     executor: &dyn VmExecutor,
     options: ManagerOptions,
@@ -602,8 +626,12 @@ fn run_manager_with(
         .lock()
         .map(|cfg| cfg.ssh_user_display())
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_SSH_USER.to_string());
+    if !args.no_default_mounts {
+        inject_project_mount(&mut args.mounts, project_root, &ssh_user, &project_name);
+    }
     let (args, home_links_script) = prepare_mounts_and_links(args, &ssh_user);
 
+    let project_guest_dir = format!("{PROJECT_GUEST_BASE}/{project_name}");
     let ssh_guest_dir = format!("/root/{}", GLOBAL_DIR_NAME);
     let extra_shares = vec![DirectoryShare::new(
         instance_dir.clone(),
@@ -613,6 +641,7 @@ fn run_manager_with(
     let extra_login_actions = build_ssh_login_actions(
         &config,
         &project_name,
+        &project_guest_dir,
         ssh_guest_dir.as_str(),
         "ssh_key",
         &home_links_script,