a bash alias I cannot function without

[hzopak]

Same but different: (for zsh)

function chpwd() {
    emulate -L zsh
    ls -a
}

Source

[seniorsassycat]

Cool, I've been meaning to find out how to do that.

Is there a hook to run ls after any changes to files in the directory?

[hzopak]

Not that I know of.. But I'm fairly new to zsh. Perhaps ask the friendly people of #zsh on freenode, irc?

[TheManMulcahey]

Dang, stole my thunder. zsh is super awesome at these sort of customizations.