Appendix B. Neovim Flake Configuration Options

Additional arguments passed to each module in addition to ones like lib, config, and pkgs, modulesPath.

This option is also available to all submodules. Submodules do not inherit args from their parent module, nor do they provide args to their parent module or sibling submodules. The sole exception to this is the argument name which is provided by parent modules to a submodule and contains the attribute name the submodule is bound to, or a unique generated name if it is not bound to an attribute.

Some arguments are already passed by default, of which the following cannot be changed with this option:

For NixOS, the default value for this option includes at least this argument:

Type: lazy attribute set of raw value

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Follow editorconfig rules in current directory

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Whether to enable the experimental Lua module loader to speed up the start up process

If true, this will enable the experimental Lua module loader which:

This is disabled by default. Before setting this option, please take a look at the official documentation. .

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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The neovim package to use for the wrapper. This corresponds to the package that will be wrapped with your plugins and settings.

Type: package

Default: <derivation neovim-unwrapped-0.10.0>

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Additional runtime paths that will be appended to the active runtimepath of the Neovim. This can be used to add additional lookup paths for configs, plugins, spell languages and other things you would generally place in your $HOME/.config/nvim.

This is meant as a declarative alternative to throwing files into ~/.config/nvim and having the Neovim wrapper pick them up. For more details on vim.o.runtimepath, and what paths to use; please see the official documentation

Type: list of (path or string)

Default: [ ]

Example:

[
  # absolute path, as a string - impure
  "$HOME/.config/nvim-extra"

  # relative path, as a path - pure
  ./nvim

  # source type path - pure and reproducible
  (builtins.source {
    path = ./runtime;
    name = "nvim-runtime";
  })
]

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Whether to enable ChatGPT AI assistant. Requires the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY to be set.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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[ChatGPT] Add tests

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>aa"

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ChatGPT

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ac"

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[ChatGPT] Docstring

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ad"

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[ChatGPT] Edit with instructions

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ae"

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[ChatGPT] Explain code

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ax"

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[ChatGPT] Fix bugs

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>af"

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[ChatGPT] Grammar correction

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ag"

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[ChatGPT] Keywords

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ak"

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[ChatGPT] Optimize code

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ao"

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[ChatGPT] Code reability analysis

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>al"

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[ChatGPT] Roxygen edit

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>ar"

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[ChatGPT] Summarize

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>as"

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[ChatGPT] Translate

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>at"

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Option table to pass into the setup function of chatgpt

You can pass in any additional options even if they’re not listed in the docs

Type: attribute set of anything

Default: { }

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Whether to enable GitHub Copilot AI assistant.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable nvim-cmp integration for GitHub Copilot.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Accept suggestion

Type: null or string

Default: "<CR>"

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Jump to next suggestion

Type: null or string

Default: "]]"

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Jump to previous suggestion

Type: null or string

Default: "[["

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Open suggestions

Type: null or string

Default: "<M-CR>"

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Refresh suggestions

Type: null or string

Default: "gr"

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Accept suggetion

Type: null or string

Default: "<M-l>"

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Accept next line

Type: null or string

Default: null

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Accept next word

Type: null or string

Default: null

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Dismiss suggestion

Type: null or string

Default: "<C-]>"

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Next suggestion

Type: null or string

Default: "<M-]>"

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Previous suggestion

Type: null or string

Default: "<M-[>"

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Option table to pass into the setup function of Copilot

You can pass in any additional options even if they’re not listed in the docs

Type: attribute set of anything

Default: { }

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The command that will be executed to initiate nodejs for GitHub Copilot. Recommended to leave as default.

Type: string

Default: "\${pkgs.nodejs-slim.out}/bin/node"

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Whether to enable Completion Panel.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Example: true

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Panel position

Type: one of “bottom”, “top”, “left”, “right”

Default: "bottom"

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Panel size

Type: floating point number

Default: 0.4

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Whether to enable Suggestions.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Example: true

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Enable auto indent

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Whether to enable autocomplete.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Automatically show completion.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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The function used to customize the appearance of the completion menu.

If vim.lsp.lspkind.enable is true, then the function will be called before modifications from lspkind.

Default is to call the menu mapping function.

Type: string

Default: "nvim_cmp_menu_map"

Example:

function(entry, vim_item)
  return vim_item
end

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Close [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<C-e>"

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Complete [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<C-Space>"

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Confirm [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<CR>"

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Next item [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<Tab>"

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Previous item [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<S-Tab>"

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Scroll docs down [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<C-f>"

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Scroll docs up [nvim-cmp]

Type: null or string

Default: "<C-d>"

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Attribute set of source names for nvim-cmp.

If an attribute set is provided, then the menu value of vim_item in the format will be set to the value (if utilizing the nvim_cmp_menu_map function).

Note: only use a single attribute name per attribute set

Type: attribute set of (null or string)

Default: { }

Example:

''
  {nvim-cmp = null; buffer = "[Buffer]";}
''

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Set the autocomplete plugin. Options: [nvim-cmp]

Type: value “nvim-cmp” (singular enum)

Default: "nvim-cmp"

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Whether to enable autopairs.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Set the autopairs type. Options: nvim-autopairs [nvim-autopairs]

Type: value “nvim-autopairs” (singular enum)

Default: "nvim-autopairs"

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Set how bells are handled. Options: on, visual or none

Type: one of “none”, “visual”, “on”

Default: "none"

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Whether to enable cheatsheet-nvim: searchable cheatsheet for nvim using telescope.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable which-key keybind helper menu.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Register label for which-key keybind helper menu

Type: attribute set of (null or string)

Default: { }

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Height of the command pane

Type: signed integer

Default: 1

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Set terminal up for 256 colours

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Whether to enable smart and powerful comment plugin for neovim comment-nvim.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Toggle current block comment

Type: null or string

Default: "gbc"

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Toggle current line comment

Type: null or string

Default: "gcc"

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Toggle block comment

Type: null or string

Default: "gb"

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Toggle line comment

Type: null or string

Default: "gc"

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Toggle selected block

Type: null or string

Default: "gb"

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Toggle selected comment

Type: null or string

Default: "gc"

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Contents of vimrc, either as a string or a DAG.

If this option is passed as a DAG, it will be resolved according to the DAG resolution rules (e.g. entryBefore or entryAfter) as per the nvf extended library.

Type: (DAG of strings concatenated with “\n”) or string

Default: { }

Example:

" Set the tab size to 4 spaces
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab

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Highlight the text line of the cursor with CursorLine hl-CursorLine

Type: one of “line”, “screenline”, “number”, “both”

Default: "line"

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Whether to enable fast and fully programmable greeter for neovim [alpha.mvim].

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable Fancy and Blazing Fast start screen plugin of neovim [dashboard.nvim].

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable dashboard via vim-startify.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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List of book marks to disaply on start page

Type: list of (attribute set)

Default: [ ]

Example:

{
  c = "~/.vimrc";
}

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Command to change the current window with. Can be cd, lcd or tcd

Type: one of “cd”, “lcd”, “tcd”

Default: "lcd"

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Should vim change to the directory of the file you open

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Should vim change to the version control root when opening a file

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Commands that are presented to the user on startify page

Type: list of (string or (attribute set) or list of string)

Default: [ ]

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Text to place in the footer

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Text to place in the header

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Specify a list of default charecters to use instead of numbers

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Prevent startify from opening on startup but can be called with :Startify

Type: boolean

Default: false

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How many files to list

Type: signed integer

Default: 10

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Specify the lists and in what order they are displayed on startify.

Type: list of (attribute set)

Default:

[
  {
    header = [
      "MRU"
    ];
    type = "files";
  }
  {
    header = [
      "MRU Current Directory"
    ];
    type = "dir";
  }
  {
    header = [
      "Sessions"
    ];
    type = "sessions";
  }
  {
    header = [
      "Bookmarks"
    ];
    type = "bookmarks";
  }
  {
    header = [
      "Commands"
    ];
    type = "commands";
  }
]

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Number of spaces used for left padding.

Type: signed integer

Default: 3

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Make startify auto load Session.vim files from the current directory

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Commands to run before saving a session

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Delete all buffers when loading or closing a session

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Directory to save and load sessions from

Type: string

Default: "~/.vim/session"

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Persist session before leaving vim or switching session

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Patterns to remove from session files

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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List of commands to run when loading a session.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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List of variables to save into a session file.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Set if you want items sorted by date rather than alphabetically

Type: boolean

Default: false

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List of regex patterns to exclude from MRU lists

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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List of vim servers to not load startify for

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Turns on unsafe mode for Startify. Stops resolving links, checking files are readable and filtering bookmark list

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Set if you want startify to always update and not just when neovim closes

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Show environment variables in path if name is shorter than value

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Whether to enable debug mode.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Set verbosity level of Neovim while debug mode is enabled.

Value must be be one of the levels expected by Neovim’s verbose option

Type: one of 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Default: 16

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Set the log file that will be used to store verbose messages set by the verbose option.

Type: null or path

Default: null

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Whether to enable debugging via nvim-dap.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Contiue

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dc"

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Go down stacktrace

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dvi"

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Go up stacktrace

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dvo"

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Hover

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dh"

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Restart

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dR"

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Re-run Last Debug Session

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>d."

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Continue to the current cursor

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dgc"

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Step back

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dgk"

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Step into function

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dgi"

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Step out of function

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dgo"

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Next step

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dgj"

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Terminate

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dq"

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Toggle breakpoint

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>db"

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Toggle DAP-UI

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>du"

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Toggle Repl

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>dr"

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List of debuggers to install

Type: attribute set of string

Default: { }

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Whether to enable UI extension for nvim-dap.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Automatically Opens and Closes DAP-UI upon starting/closing a debugging session

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Set to prevent arrow keys from moving cursor

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Disables the default runtime paths that are set by Neovim when it starts up. This is useful when you want to have full control over the runtime paths that are set by Neovim.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Example: false

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Additional lua files that will be sourced by Neovim. Takes both absolute and relative paths, all of which will be called via the luafile command in Neovim.

See lua-commands on the Neovim documentation for more details.

Type: list of (path or string)

Default: [ ]

Example:

[
  # absolute path, as a string - impure
  "$HOME/.config/nvim/my-lua-file.lua"

  # relative path, as a path - pure
  ./nvim/my-lua-file.lua

  # source type path - pure and reproducible
  (builtins.source {
    path = ./nvim/my-lua-file.lua;
    name = "my-lua-file";
  })
]

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List of additional packages to make available to the Neovim wrapper.

Type: list of package

Default: [ ]

Example: "[pkgs.fzf pkgs.ripgrep]"

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A list of plugins and their configurations that will be set up after builtin plugins.

This option takes a special type that allows you to order your custom plugins using nvf’s modified DAG library.

Type: attribute set of (submodule)

Default: { }

Example:

with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
  aerial = {
    package = aerial-nvim;
    setup = "require('aerial').setup {}";
  };

  harpoon = {
    package = harpoon;
    setup = "require('harpoon').setup {}";
    after = ["aerial"]; # place harpoon configuration after aerial
  };
}

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Plugin Package.

Type: null or package or one of “alpha-nvim”, “bufdelete-nvim”, “catppuccin”, “ccc”, “cellular-automaton”, “chatgpt”, “cheatsheet-nvim”, “cinnamon-nvim”, “cmp-buffer”, “cmp-nvim-lsp”, “cmp-path”, “cmp-treesitter”, “cmp-vsnip”, “codewindow-nvim”, “comment-nvim”, “copilot-cmp”, “copilot-lua”, “crates-nvim”, “dashboard-nvim”, “diffview-nvim”, “dracula”, “dressing-nvim”, “elixir-tools”, “fidget-nvim”, “flutter-tools”, “gesture-nvim”, “gitsigns-nvim”, “glow-nvim”, “gruvbox”, “highlight-undo”, “hop-nvim”, “icon-picker-nvim”, “image-nvim”, “indent-blankline”, “leap-nvim”, “lsp-lines”, “lsp-signature”, “lspkind”, “lspsaga”, “lualine”, “mind-nvim”, “minimap-vim”, “modes-nvim”, “neocord”, “neodev-nvim”, “noice-nvim”, “none-ls”, “nui-nvim”, “nvim-autopairs”, “nvim-bufferline-lua”, “nvim-cmp”, “nvim-code-action-menu”, “nvim-colorizer-lua”, “nvim-cursorline”, “nvim-dap”, “nvim-dap-go”, “nvim-dap-ui”, “nvim-docs-view”, “nvim-lightbulb”, “nvim-lspconfig”, “nvim-navbuddy”, “nvim-navic”, “nvim-neoclip”, “nvim-nio”, “nvim-notify”, “nvim-session-manager”, “nvim-surround”, “nvim-tree-lua”, “nvim-treesitter-context”, “nvim-ts-autotag”, “nvim-web-devicons”, “obsidian-nvim”, “onedark”, “orgmode-nvim”, “oxocarbon”, “plenary-nvim”, “project-nvim”, “registers”, “rose-pine”, “rust-tools”, “scrollbar-nvim”, “smartcolumn”, “sqls-nvim”, “tabular”, “telescope”, “todo-comments”, “toggleterm-nvim”, “tokyonight”, “trouble”, “ts-error-translator”, “vim-dirtytalk”, “vim-fugitive”, “vim-illuminate”, “vim-markdown”, “vim-repeat”, “vim-startify”, “vim-vsnip”, “which-key”, “nvim-treesitter”, “flutter-tools-patched”, “vim-repeat”

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Setup this plugin after the following ones.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Lua code to run during setup.

Type: strings concatenated with “\n”

Default: ""

Example: "require('aerial').setup {}"

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Whether to enable filetree via nvim-tree.lua.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Find file in NvimTree

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>tg"

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Focus NvimTree

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>tf"

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Refresh NvimTree

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>tr"

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Toggle NvimTree

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>t"

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Open when vim is started on a directory

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Option table to pass into the setup function of Nvim Tree

You can pass in any additional options even if they’re not listed in the docs

Type: attribute set of anything

Default: { }

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Configuration for various actions.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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vim change-directory behaviour

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Change the working directory when changing directories in the tree.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Use :cd instead of :lcd when changing directories. Consider that this might cause issues with the nvimTree.syncRootWithCwd option.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Restrict changing to a directory above the global current working directory.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Configuration for expand_all behaviour.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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A list of directories that should not be expanded automatically.

Type: list of string

Default:

[
  ".git"
  "target"
  "build"
  "result"
]

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Limit the number of folders being explored when expanding every folders. Avoids hanging neovim when running this action on very large folders.

Type: signed integer

Default: 300

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Configuration for file_popup behaviour.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Floating window config for file_popup. See |nvim_open_win| for more details.

Type: attribute set

Default:

{
  border = "rounded";
  col = 1;
  relative = "cursor";
  row = 1;
  style = "minimal";
}

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Configuration options for opening a file from nvim-tree.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Prevent new opened file from opening in the same window as the tree.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Closes the explorer when opening a file.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Resizes the tree when opening a file. Previously view.auto_resize

Type: boolean

Default: false

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window_picker

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Enable the window picker. If this feature is not enabled, files will open in window from which you last opened the tree.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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A string of chars used as identifiers by the window picker.

Type: string

Default: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890"

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A list of buftypes to exclude from the window picker.

Type: list of string

Default:

[
  "nofile"
  "terminal"
  "help"
]

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A list of filetypes to exclude from the window picker.

Type: list of string

Default:

[
  "notify"
  "packer"
  "qf"
  "diff"
  "fugitive"
  "fugitiveblame"
]

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Change the default window picker, can be a string "default" or a function. The function should return the window id that will open the node, or nil if an invalid window is picked or user cancelled the action.

The picker may create a new window.

Type: string

Default: "default"

Example:

-- with s1n7ax/nvim-window-picker plugin
require('window-picker').pick_window,

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Close any window displaying a file when removing the file from the tree

Type: boolean

Default: true

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A boolean value that toggle the use of system clipboard when copy/paste function are invoked. When enabled, copied text will be stored in registers ‘+’ (system), otherwise, it will be stored in ‘1’ and ‘"’.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Auto reload tree on write

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Show LSP and COC diagnostics in the signcolumn Note that the modified sign will take precedence over the diagnostics signs.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Whether to enable diagnostics view in the signcolumn…

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Idle milliseconds between diagnostic event and update.

Type: signed integer

Default: 50

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Icons for diagnostic severity.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Icon used for error diagnostic.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Icon used for hint diagnostic.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Icon used for info diagnostic.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Icon used for warning diagnostic.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Severity for which the diagnostics will be displayed. See :help diagnostic-severity

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Maximum severity.

Type: one of “HINT”, “INFO”, “WARNING”, “ERROR”

Default: "ERROR"

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Minimum severity.

Type: one of “HINT”, “INFO”, “WARNING”, “ERROR”

Default: "HINT"

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Show diagnostic icons on parent directories.

Type: unspecified value

Default: false

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Show diagnostics icons on directories that are open. Only relevant when diagnostics.show_on_dirs is true.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Disables netrw and replaces it with tree

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Will use file system watcher (libuv fs_event) to watch the filesystem for changes. Using this will disable BufEnter / BufWritePost events in nvim-tree which were used to update the whole tree. With this feature, the tree will be updated only for the appropriate folder change, resulting in better performance.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Enable filesystem watchers.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Idle milliseconds between filesystem change and action.

Type: signed integer

Default: 50

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List of vim regex for absolute directory paths that will not be watched. Backslashes must be escaped e.g. "my-project/\\.build$". Useful when path is not in .gitignore or git integration is disabled.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Filtering options.

Type: submodule

Default:

{
  dotfiles = false;
  exclude = [ ];
  git_clean = false;
  git_ignored = false;
  no_buffer = false;
}

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Do not show dotfiles: files starting with a .

Type: boolean

Default: false

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List of directories or files to exclude from filtering: always show them.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Do not show files with no git status. This will show ignored files when nvimTree.filters.gitIgnored is set, as they are effectively dirty.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Ignore files based on .gitignore. Requires git.enableto betrue`

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Do not show files that have no buflisted() buffer.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Whether to enable Git integration with icons and colors…

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Disable git integration when git top-level matches these paths. May be relative, evaluated via ":p"

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Show git icons on parent directories.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Show git icons on directories that are open.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Kills the git process after some time if it takes too long. Git integration will be disabled after 10 git jobs exceed this timeout.

Type: signed integer

Default: 400

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Hijack the cursor in the tree to put it at the start of the filename

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Enable the hijack_directories feature. Disable this option if you use vim-dirvish or dirbuf.nvim. If hijack_netrw and disable_netrw are false, this feature will be disabled.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Opens the tree if the tree was previously closed.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Prevents netrw from automatically opening when opening directories

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Open nvimtree in place of the unnamed buffer if it’s empty.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Configurations for the live_filtering feature. The live filter allows you to filter the tree nodes dynamically, based on regex matching (see vim.regex). This feature is bound to the f key by default. The filter can be cleared with the F key by default.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Whether to filter folders or not.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Prefix of the filter displayed in the buffer.

Type: string

Default: "[FILTER]: "

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Indicate which file have unsaved modification.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Whether to enable Modified files with icons and color highlight…

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Show modified icons on parent directories.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Show modified icons on directories that are open.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Configuration for notifications.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Whether to use absolute paths or item names in fs action notifications.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Specify minimum notification level, uses the values from vim.log.levels

Type: one of “ERROR”, “WARNING”, “INFO”, “DEBUG”

Default: "INFO"

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Prefer startup root directory when updating root directory of the tree. Only relevant when update_focused_file.update_root is true

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Automatically reloads the tree on BufEnter nvim-tree.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Appends a trailing slash to folder names.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Display node whose name length is wider than the width of nvim-tree window in floating window.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Compact folders that only contain a single folder into one node in the file tree.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Enable file highlight for git attributes using NvimTreeGit highlight groups. Requires nvimTree.git.enable This can be used with or without the icons.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Highlight modified files in the tree using NvimTreeNormal highlight group. Requires nvimTree.view.highlightOpenedFiles

Type: one of “none”, “icon”, “name”, “all”

Default: "none"

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Highlight icons and/or names for bufloaded() files using the NvimTreeOpenedFile highlight group.

Type: one of “none”, “icon”, “name”, “all”

Default: "none"

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Configuration options for icons.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Place where the git icons will be rendered. signcolumn requires view.signcolumn to be enabled.

Type: one of “before”, “after”, “signcolumn”

Default: "before"

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Configuration options for icon glyphs. NOTE: Do not set any glyphs to more than two characters if it’s going to appear in the signcolumn.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Glyph for files. Will be overridden by nvim-web-devicons if available.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Glyphs for directories. Recommended to use the defaults unless you know what you are doing.

Type: attribute set

Default:

{
  arrow_closed = "";
  arrow_open = "";
  default = "";
  empty = "";
  empty_open = "";
  open = "";
  symlink = "";
  symlink_open = "";
}

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Glyphs for git status.

Type: attribute set

Default:

{
  deleted = "";
  ignored = "◌";
  renamed = "➜";
  staged = "✓";
  unmerged = "";
  unstaged = "✗";
  untracked = "★";
}

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Icon to display for modified files.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Glyph for symlinks.

Type: string

Default: ""

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Place where the modified icons will be rendered. signcolumn requires view.signcolumn to be enabled.

Type: one of “before”, “after”, “signcolumn”

Default: "after"

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Inserted between icon and filename

Type: string

Default: " "

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Show an icon before the file name. nvim-web-devicons will be used if available.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Show an icon before the folder name.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Show a small arrow before the folder node. Arrow will be a part of the node when using renderer.indent_markers.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Show a git status icon, see renderer.icons.gitPlacement Requires git.enable to be true.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Show a modified icon, see renderer.icons.modifiedPlacement Requires modified.enable to be true.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Used as a separator between symlinks’ source and target.

Type: string

Default: " ➛ "

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Use the webdev icon colors, otherwise NvimTreeFileIcon

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Configuration options for tree indent markers.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Whether to enable Display indent markers when folders are open…

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Individual elements of the indent markers

Type: attribute set

Default:

{
  bottom = "─";
  corner = "└";
  edge = "│";
  item = "│";
  none = "";
}

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Display folder arrows in the same column as indent marker when using renderer.icons.show.folder_arrow

Type: boolean

Default: true

Declared by:

Number of spaces for an each tree nesting level. Minimum 1.

Type: signed integer

Default: 2

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In what format to show root folder. See :help filename-modifiers for available string options. Set to false to hide the root folder.

Function is passed the absolute path of the root folder and should return a string. e.g. my_root_folder_label = function(path) return “…/” … vim.fn.fnamemodify(path, “:t”) end

Type: string or boolean

Default: false

Example: "\"\":~:s?$?/..?\""

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A list of filenames that gets highlighted with `NvimTreeSpecialFile

Type: list of string

Default:

[
  "Cargo.toml"
  "README.md"
  "readme.md"
  "Makefile"
  "MAKEFILE"
  "flake.nix"
]

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Whether to show the destination of the symlink.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Will change cwd of nvim-tree to that of new buffer’s when opening nvim-tree.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Preferred root directories. Only relevant when updateFocusedFile.updateRoot is true

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Whether to enable Use vim.ui.select style prompts. Necessary when using a UI prompt decorator such as dressing.nvim or telescope-ui-select.nvim .

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Sort folders before files. Has no effect when sort.sorter is a function.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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How files within the same directory are sorted.

Type: one of “name”, “extension”, “modification_time”, “case_sensitive”, “suffix”, “filetype”

Default: "name"

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Changes the tree root directory on DirChanged and refreshes the tree. Only relevant when updateFocusedFile.updateRoot is true

(previously update_cwd)

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Optional argument list.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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The open command itself

Type: string

Default: "\${pkgs.xdg-utils}/bin/xdg-open"

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Configuration for tab behaviour.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Configuration for syncing nvim-tree across tabs.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Closes the tree across all tabpages when the tree is closed.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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List of filetypes or buffer names on new tab that will prevent nvimTree.tab.sync.open and nvimTree.tab.sync.close

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

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Opens the tree automatically when switching tabpage or opening a new tabpage if the tree was previously open.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Configuration options for trashing.

Type: submodule

Default:

{
  cmd = "\${pkgs.glib}/bin/gio trash";
}

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The command used to trash items

Type: string

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General UI configuration.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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Prompt before removing.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Prompt before trash.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Update the focused file on BufEnter, un-collapses the folders recursively until it finds the file.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

Declared by:

update focused file

Type: boolean

Default: false

Declared by:

List of buffer names and filetypes that will not update the root dir of the tree if the file isn’t found under the current root directory. Only relevant when update_focused_file.update_root and update_focused_file.enable are true.

Type: list of string

Default: [ ]

Declared by:

Update the root directory of the tree if the file is not under current root directory. It prefers vim’s cwd and root_dirs. Otherwise it falls back to the folder containing the file. Only relevant when update_focused_file.enable is true

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Window / buffer setup.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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If true, reposition the view so that the current node is initially centralized when entering nvim-tree.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Enable cursorline in nvim-tree window.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Idle milliseconds before some reload / refresh operations. Increase if you experience performance issues around screen refresh.

Type: signed integer

Default: 15

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Configuration options for floating window.

Type: submodule

Default: { }

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If true, tree window will be floating.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Declared by:

Floating window config. See :h nvim_open_win() for more details.

Type: attribute set

Default:

{
  border = "rounded";
  col = 1;
  height = 30;
  relative = "editor";
  row = 1;
  width = 30;
}

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Close the floating tree window when it loses focus.

Type: boolean

Default: true

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Print the line number in front of each line.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Preserves window proportions when opening a file. If false, the height and width of windows other than nvim-tree will be equalized.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Declared by:

Show the line number relative to the line with the cursor in front of each line. If the option view.number is also true, the number on the cursor line will be the line number instead of 0.

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Side of the tree.

Type: one of “left”, “right”

Default: "left"

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Show diagnostic sign column. Value can be "yes", "auto" or"no".

Type: one of “yes”, “auto”, “no”

Default: "yes"

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Width of the window: can be a % string, a number representing columns, a function or a table.

A table (an attribute set in our case, see example) indicates that the view should be dynamically sized based on the longest line.

Type: signed integer or (attribute set)

Default: 30

Example:

{
  min = 30;
  max = -1;
  padding = 1;
}

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Whether to enable gesture-nvim: mouse gestures.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

Start drawing [gesture.nvim]

Type: null or string

Default: "<LeftDrag>"

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Finish drawing [gesture.nvim]

Type: null or string

Default: "<LeftRelease>"

Declared by:

Whether to enable git integration suite.

Enabling this option will enable the following plugins:

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable gitsigns.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable gitsigns codeactions through null-ls.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

Blame line [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hb"

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Diff project [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hD"

Declared by:

Diff this [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hd"

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Next hunk [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "]c"

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Preview hunk [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hP"

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Previous hunk [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "[c"

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Reset buffer [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hR"

Declared by:

Reset hunk [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hr"

Declared by:

Stage buffer [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hS"

Declared by:

Stage hunk [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hs"

Declared by:

Toggle blame [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>tb"

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Toggle deleted [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>td"

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Undo stage hunk [Gitsigns]

Type: null or string

Default: "<leader>hu"

Declared by:

Whether to enable vim-fugitive.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

An attribute set containing global variable values for storing vim variables as early as possible. If populated, this soption will set vim variables in the built configRC as the first item.

E.g. {foo = “bar”} will set g:foo to “bar” where the type of bar in the resulting vimscript will be infered from the type of the value in the {name = value} pair.

Type: attribute set

Default: { }

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Hide search highlight so it doesn’t stay highlighted

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Turn on Debug Adapter for enabled languages by default

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Turn on extra diagnostics for enabled languages by default

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Turn on Formatting for enabled languages by default

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Turn on LSP for enabled languages by default

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Turn on Treesitter for enabled languages by default

Type: boolean

Default: false

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Whether to enable Bash language support.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable extra Bash diagnostics.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

List of Bash diagnostics to enable

Type: list of (value “shellcheck” (singular enum) or (submodule))

Default:

[
  "shellcheck"
]

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Enable Bash formatting

Type: boolean

Default: false

Declared by:

Bash formatter package

Type: package

Default: <derivation shfmt-3.8.0>

Declared by:

Bash formatter to use

Type: value “shfmt” (singular enum)

Default: "shfmt"

Declared by:

Whether to enable Enable Bash LSP support.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

bash-language-server package, or the command to run as a list of strings

Type: package or list of string

Default: <derivation bash-language-server-5.4.0>

Example: [lib.getExe pkgs.nodePackages.bash-language-server "start"]

Declared by:

Bash LSP server to use

Type: value “bash-ls” (singular enum)

Default: "bash-ls"

Declared by:

Whether to enable Bash treesitter.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

The bash treesitter package to use.

Type: package

Default: pkgs.vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.builtGrammars.bash

Declared by:

Whether to enable C/C++ language support.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

C syntax for headers. Can fix treesitter errors, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/orfpcd/question_does_the_c_parser_from_nvimtreesitter/

Type: boolean

Default: false

Declared by:

Enable clang Debug Adapter

Type: boolean

Default: false

Declared by:

clang debugger package.

Type: package

Default: <derivation lldb-17.0.6>

Declared by:

clang debugger to use

Type: value “lldb-vscode” (singular enum)

Default: "lldb-vscode"

Declared by:

Whether to enable clang LSP support.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

clang LSP server package, or the command to run as a list of strings

Type: package or list of string

Default: <derivation clang-tools-17.0.6>

Example: "[lib.getExe pkgs.jdt-language-server \" - data \" \" ~/.cache/jdtls/workspace \"]"

Declared by:

Options to pass to clang LSP server

Type: null or string

Default: null

Declared by:

The clang LSP server to use

Type: one of “ccls”, “clangd”

Default: "clangd"

Declared by:

Whether to enable C/C++ treesitter.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

The c treesitter package to use.

Type: package

Default: pkgs.vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.builtGrammars.c

Declared by:

The cpp treesitter package to use.

Type: package

Default: pkgs.vimPlugins.nvim-treesitter.builtGrammars.cpp

Declared by:

Whether to enable CSS language support.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

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Whether to enable CSS formatting.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

CSS formatter package

Type: package

Default: <derivation prettier-3.3.0>

Declared by:

CSS formatter to use

Type: one of “prettier”, “prettierd”

Default: "prettier"

Declared by:

Whether to enable CSS LSP support.

Type: boolean

Default: false

Example: true

Declared by:

CSS LSP server package, or the command to run as a list of strings

Type: package or list of string

Default: <derivation vscode-langservers-extracted-4.10.0>

Example: "[lib.getExe pkgs.jdt-language-server \" - data \" \" ~/.cache/jdtls/workspace \"]"

Declared by:

CSS LSP server to use

Type: value “vscode-langservers-extracted” (singular enum)

Default: "vscode-langservers-extracted"

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Whether to enable CSS treesitter.

Type: boolean

Default: false