From efa22f644a835c01213f68a6cede15742bc3a620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajeet D'Souza <98ajeet@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:09:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] tcsh: preserve any existing `precmd` alias

---
 CHANGELOG.md       |  1 +
 templates/tcsh.txt | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4142a7..a6cfa05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Zsh: avoid inserting a trailing space when cancelling interactive Space-Tab completions.
 - Bash: avoid blanking the prompt when cancelling interactive Space-Tab completions.
 - Bash/Fish/Zsh: avoid drawing a new line when Space-Tab completion finds no matches.
+- Tcsh: preserve any existing `precmd` alias instead of overwriting it.
 
 ## [0.9.9] - 2026-01-31
 
diff --git a/templates/tcsh.txt b/templates/tcsh.txt
index fa00390..e892670 100644
--- a/templates/tcsh.txt
+++ b/templates/tcsh.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ alias __zoxide_hook 'set __zoxide_pwd_tmp = "`{{ pwd_cmd }}`"; test "$__zoxide_p
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Initialize hook.
-alias precmd ';__zoxide_hook'
+set __zoxide_precmd = "`alias precmd`"
+if ( "$__zoxide_precmd" !~ *__zoxide_hook* ) then
+    if ( "$__zoxide_precmd" == "" ) then
+        alias precmd '__zoxide_hook'
+    else
+        alias precmd "$__zoxide_precmd"';__zoxide_hook'
+    endif
+endif
+unset __zoxide_precmd
 
 {%- endif %}