Git icons not showing next to files in nested folder on Windows only

[Anson Heung]

OS
Windows 10 Version 20H2 (Build 19042.1415)

Neovim version

NVIM v0.6.1
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
Compiled by runneradmin@fv-az152-430

Features: -acl +iconv +tui
See ":help feature-compile"

   system vimrc file: "$VIM\sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "C:/Program Files/nvim/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

Nvim-tree version
Commit 0a2f6b0

Describe the bug
On Windows only, Git icons fail to show up next to the file names whenever the file is nested inside a folder (i.e., not placed at the root of the repo).

Consider the following repo (steps to reproduce are listed later):

~/nvim-tree-test/
├── foo/
│   ├── ignored.txt
│   ├── staged.txt
│   └── untracked.txt
└── .gitignore

• foo/ignored.txt - This file is ignored, since I put ignored.txt inside .gitignore
• foo/staged.txt - This file is staged via git stage foo/staged.txt
• foo/untracked.txt - This file is untracked

However, when I open Neovim on Windows:

Note that all the files inside foo/ folder are missing Git icons, while the files in the root of the repo (i.e., .gitignore) can properly show the Git icon.

To Reproduce

Inside init.lua, set-up nvim-tree without any custom config:

require("nvim-tree").setup()

Open Powershell in Windows. Next:

1. Create repo

   mkdir ~/nvim-tree-test
   cd ~/nvim-tree-test
   git init
   

2. Create .gitignore at the root of repo and add ignored.txt inside the file
3. Create 3 files inside foo/:

   mkdir foo/
   cd foo/
   ni ignored.txt
   ni staged.txt
   ni untracked.txt
   

4. Stage a file

   cd ..
   git stage foo/staged.txt
   

5. Open Neovim:

   nvim .
   

Expected behavior
Git icons should appear next to the file names in foo/:

The above screenshot is taken in Windows Subsystem Linux after I reproduce the issue.

[Alexandr Makurin]

I have the same issue