diff --git a/plugins/go/go.plugin.zsh b/plugins/go/go.plugin.zsh
deleted file mode 120000
index cf943e2e1..000000000
--- a/plugins/go/go.plugin.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../golang/golang.plugin.zsh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/go/go.plugin.zsh b/plugins/go/go.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2be6ca9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/go/go.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# install in /etc/zsh/zshrc or your personal .zshrc
+
+# gc
+prefixes=(5 6 8)
+for p in $prefixes; do
+	compctl -g "*.${p}" ${p}l
+	compctl -g "*.go" ${p}g
+done
+
+# standard go tools
+compctl -g "*.go" gofmt
+
+# gccgo
+compctl -g "*.go" gccgo
+
+# go tool
+__go_tool_complete() {
+  typeset -a commands build_flags
+  commands+=(
+    'build[compile packages and dependencies]'
+    'clean[remove object files]'
+    'doc[run godoc on package sources]'
+    'env[print Go environment information]'
+    'fix[run go tool fix on packages]'
+    'fmt[run gofmt on package sources]'
+    'get[download and install packages and dependencies]'
+    'help[display help]'
+    'install[compile and install packages and dependencies]'
+    'list[list packages]'
+    'run[compile and run Go program]'
+    'test[test packages]'
+    'tool[run specified go tool]'
+    'version[print Go version]'
+    'vet[run go tool vet on packages]'
+  )
+  if (( CURRENT == 2 )); then
+    # explain go commands
+    _values 'go tool commands' ${commands[@]}
+    return
+  fi
+  build_flags=(
+    '-a[force reinstallation of packages that are already up-to-date]'
+    '-n[print the commands but do not run them]'
+    '-p[number of parallel builds]:number'
+    '-race[enable data race detection]'
+    '-x[print the commands]'
+    '-work[print temporary directory name and keep it]'
+    '-ccflags[flags for 5c/6c/8c]:flags'
+    '-gcflags[flags for 5g/6g/8g]:flags'
+    '-ldflags[flags for 5l/6l/8l]:flags'
+    '-gccgoflags[flags for gccgo]:flags'
+    '-compiler[name of compiler to use]:name'
+    '-installsuffix[suffix to add to package directory]:suffix'
+    '-tags[list of build tags to consider satisfied]:tags'
+  )
+  __go_list() {
+      local expl importpaths
+      declare -a importpaths
+      importpaths=($(go list ${words[$CURRENT]}... 2>/dev/null))
+      _wanted importpaths expl 'import paths' compadd "$@" - "${importpaths[@]}"
+  }
+  case ${words[2]} in
+  clean|doc)
+      _arguments -s -w : '*:importpaths:__go_list'
+      ;;
+  fix|fmt|list|vet)
+      _alternative ':importpaths:__go_list' ':files:_path_files -g "*.go"'
+      ;;
+  install)
+      _arguments -s -w : ${build_flags[@]} \
+        "-v[show package names]" \
+        '*:importpaths:__go_list'
+      ;;
+  get)
+      _arguments -s -w : \
+        ${build_flags[@]}
+      ;;
+  build)
+      _arguments -s -w : \
+        ${build_flags[@]} \
+        "-v[show package names]" \
+        "-o[output file]:file:_files" \
+        "*:args:{ _alternative ':importpaths:__go_list' ':files:_path_files -g \"*.go\"' }"
+      ;;
+  test)
+      _arguments -s -w : \
+        ${build_flags[@]} \
+        "-c[do not run, compile the test binary]" \
+        "-i[do not run, install dependencies]" \
+        "-v[print test output]" \
+        "-x[print the commands]" \
+        "-short[use short mode]" \
+        "-parallel[number of parallel tests]:number" \
+        "-cpu[values of GOMAXPROCS to use]:number list" \
+        "-run[run tests and examples matching regexp]:regexp" \
+        "-bench[run benchmarks matching regexp]:regexp" \
+        "-benchmem[print memory allocation stats]" \
+        "-benchtime[run each benchmark until taking this long]:duration" \
+        "-blockprofile[write goroutine blocking profile to file]:file" \
+        "-blockprofilerate[set sampling rate of goroutine blocking profile]:number" \
+        "-timeout[kill test after that duration]:duration" \
+        "-cpuprofile[write CPU profile to file]:file:_files" \
+        "-memprofile[write heap profile to file]:file:_files" \
+        "-memprofilerate[set heap profiling rate]:number" \
+        "*:args:{ _alternative ':importpaths:__go_list' ':files:_path_files -g \"*.go\"' }"
+      ;;
+  help)
+      _values "${commands[@]}" \
+        'gopath[GOPATH environment variable]' \
+        'packages[description of package lists]' \
+        'remote[remote import path syntax]' \
+        'testflag[description of testing flags]' \
+        'testfunc[description of testing functions]'
+      ;;
+  run)
+      _arguments -s -w : \
+          ${build_flags[@]} \
+          '*:file:_path_files -g "*.go"'
+      ;;
+  tool)
+      if (( CURRENT == 3 )); then
+          _values "go tool" $(go tool)
+          return
+      fi
+      case ${words[3]} in
+      [568]g)
+          _arguments -s -w : \
+              '-I[search for packages in DIR]:includes:_path_files -/' \
+              '-L[show full path in file:line prints]' \
+              '-S[print the assembly language]' \
+              '-V[print the compiler version]' \
+              '-e[no limit on number of errors printed]' \
+              '-h[panic on an error]' \
+              '-l[disable inlining]' \
+              '-m[print optimization decisions]' \
+              '-o[file specify output file]:file' \
+              '-p[assumed import path for this code]:importpath' \
+              '-u[disable package unsafe]' \
+              "*:file:_files -g '*.go'"
+          ;;
+      [568]l)
+          local O=${words[3]%l}
+          _arguments -s -w : \
+              '-o[file specify output file]:file' \
+              '-L[search for packages in DIR]:includes:_path_files -/' \
+              "*:file:_files -g '*.[ao$O]'"
+          ;;
+      dist)
+          _values "dist tool" banner bootstrap clean env install version
+          ;;
+      *)
+          # use files by default
+          _files
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+compdef __go_tool_complete go
+
+# aliases
+alias gfa='go fmt . ./...'
diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh
deleted file mode 120000
index 142d9541d..000000000
--- a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-per-directory-history.zsh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdee341bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+#
+# This is a implementation of per directory history for zsh, some
+# implementations of which exist in bash[1,2].  It also implements
+# a per-directory-history-toggle-history function to change from using the
+# directory history to using the global history.  In both cases the history is
+# always saved to both the global history and the directory history, so the
+# toggle state will not effect the saved histories.  Being able to switch
+# between global and directory histories on the fly is a novel feature as far
+# as I am aware.
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Configuration
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# HISTORY_BASE a global variable that defines the base directory in which the
+# directory histories are stored
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# History
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# The idea/inspiration for a per directory history is from Stewart MacArthur[1]
+# and Dieter[2], the implementation idea is from Bart Schaefer on the the zsh
+# mailing list[3].  The implementation is by Jim Hester in September 2012.
+#
+# [1]: http://www.compbiome.com/2010/07/bash-per-directory-bash-history.html
+# [2]: http://dieter.plaetinck.be/per_directory_bash
+# [3]: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/1997/msg00226.html
+#
+################################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Jim Hester
+#
+# This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. 
+# In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
+# use of this software.
+#
+# Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+# including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+# freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+#
+# 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim
+# that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product,
+# an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is
+# not required.
+#
+# 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+# misrepresented as being the original software.
+#
+# 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution..
+#
+################################################################################
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# configuration, the base under which the directory histories are stored
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[[ -z $HISTORY_BASE ]] && HISTORY_BASE="$HOME/.directory_history"
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toggle global/directory history used for searching - ctrl-G by default
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function per-directory-history-toggle-history() {
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == true ]]; then
+    _per-directory-history-set-directory-history
+    print -n "\nusing local history"
+  else
+    _per-directory-history-set-global-history
+    print -n "\nusing global history"
+  fi
+  zle .push-line
+  zle .accept-line
+}
+
+autoload per-directory-history-toggle-history
+zle -N per-directory-history-toggle-history
+bindkey '^G' per-directory-history-toggle-history
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# implementation details
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_per_directory_history_directory="$HISTORY_BASE${PWD:A}/history"
+
+function _per-directory-history-change-directory() {
+  _per_directory_history_directory="$HISTORY_BASE${PWD:A}/history"
+  mkdir -p ${_per_directory_history_directory:h}
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == false ]]; then
+    #save to the global history
+    fc -AI $HISTFILE
+    #save history to previous file
+    local prev="$HISTORY_BASE${OLDPWD:A}/history"
+    mkdir -p ${prev:h}
+    fc -AI $prev
+
+    #discard previous directory's history
+    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
+    HISTSIZE=0
+    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
+
+    #read history in new file
+    if [[ -e $_per_directory_history_directory ]]; then
+      fc -R $_per_directory_history_directory
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function _per-directory-history-addhistory() {
+  print -Sr -- ${1%%$'\n'}
+  fc -p $_per_directory_history_directory
+}
+
+
+function _per-directory-history-set-directory-history() {
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == true ]]; then
+    fc -AI $HISTFILE
+    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
+    HISTSIZE=0
+    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
+    if [[ -e "$_per_directory_history_directory" ]]; then
+      fc -R "$_per_directory_history_directory"
+    fi
+  fi
+  _per_directory_history_is_global=false
+}
+function _per-directory-history-set-global-history() {
+  if [[ $_per_directory_history_is_global == false ]]; then
+    fc -AI $_per_directory_history_directory
+    local original_histsize=$HISTSIZE
+    HISTSIZE=0
+    HISTSIZE=$original_histsize
+    if [[ -e "$HISTFILE" ]]; then
+      fc -R "$HISTFILE"
+    fi
+  fi
+  _per_directory_history_is_global=true
+}
+
+
+#add functions to the exec list for chpwd and zshaddhistory
+chpwd_functions=(${chpwd_functions[@]} "_per-directory-history-change-directory")
+zshaddhistory_functions=(${zshaddhistory_functions[@]} "_per-directory-history-addhistory")
+
+#start in directory mode
+mkdir -p ${_per_directory_history_directory:h}
+_per_directory_history_is_global=true
+_per-directory-history-set-directory-history
diff --git a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
index 1caebd45e..f20590255 100644
--- a/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
+++ b/templates/zshrc.zsh-template
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 
 # User configuration
 
-export PATH=:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$HOME/bin:$PATH
 # export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"
 
 # You may need to manually set your language environment