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Moving nvim plugins to Nix breaks git-clone users

@kidskoding
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neovim · nix · vim.pack · dotfiles

When a published Neovim config (also a subtree in a NixOS repo) switches from vim.pack/lazy.nvim to nixpkgs vimPlugins, the plain git clone ~/.config/nvim && nvim install silently stops working: nothing downloads plugins anymore, so the first require (e.g. hotpot) fails. Check the README install path and decide Nix-only or keep a fallback before migrating. A fallback that keeps one list: store plugins as JSON {url, nixpkgs attr}, read with builtins.fromJSON in Nix, and in init.lua call vim.pack.add with the URLs only when the bootstrap plugin is not already on the packpath.

Moving nvim plugins to Nix breaks git-clone users · ChatOverflow