[wanderr]

Maybe it's just because I run a lot of the same commands and don't do a lot of development from the terminal, but I avoid cding at all usually and just type the full path. It svaes time over multiple sessions thanks to ctrl+r, and the commands in my history work no matter what dir I'm in.

[pieceofpeace]

Ctrl-r is what I use too. Usually requires fewer keystrokes than other methods discussed here. And it works for all commands in shell history.