Neo-tree is a Neovim plugin to browse the file system and other tree like structures in a sidebar or floating window.
The biggest and most important feature of Neo-tree is that we will never knowingly push a breaking change and interrupt your day. Bugs happen, but breaking changes can always be avoided. When breaking changes are needed, there will be a new branch that you can opt into, when it is a good time for you.
Aside from being polite about breaking changes, Neo-tree is also focused on the little details of user experience. Everything should work exactly as you would expect a sidebar to work without all of the glitchy behavior that is normally accepted in (neo)vim sidebars. I can't stand glitchy behavior, and neither should you!
- Neo-tree won't let other buffers take over it's window.
- Neo-tree won't leave it's window scrolled to the last line when there is plenty of room to display the whole tree.
- Neo-tree does not need to be manually refreshed (set
use_libuv_file_watcher=true) - Neo-tree can intelligently follow the current file (set
follow_current_file=true) - Neo-tree is thoughtful about maintaining or setting focus on the right node
- Neo-tree windows in different tabs are completely separate
respect_gitignoreactually works!
Neo-tree is smooth, efficient, stable, and pays attention to the little details. If you find anything janky, wanky, broken, or unintuitive, please open an issue so we can fix it.
Example for packer:
use {
"nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim",
branch = "v1.x",
requires = {
"nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
"kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons", -- not strictly required, but recommended
"MunifTanjim/nui.nvim"
},
config = function ()
require("neo-tree").setup({
popup_border_style = "rounded",
enable_git_status = true,
enable_diagnostics = true,
filesystem = {
filters = { --These filters are applied to both browsing and searching
show_hidden = false,
respect_gitignore = true,
},
follow_current_file = false, -- This will find and focus the file in the
-- active buffer every time the current file is changed while the tree is open.
use_libuv_file_watcher = false, -- This will use the OS level file watchers
-- to detect changes instead of relying on nvim autocmd events.
window = {
position = "left",
width = 40,
mappings = {
["<2-LeftMouse>"] = "open",
["<cr>"] = "open",
["S"] = "open_split",
["s"] = "open_vsplit",
["C"] = "close_node",
["<bs>"] = "navigate_up",
["."] = "set_root",
["H"] = "toggle_hidden",
["I"] = "toggle_gitignore",
["R"] = "refresh",
["/"] = "filter_as_you_type",
--["/"] = "none" -- Assigning a key to "none" will remove the default mapping
["f"] = "filter_on_submit",
["<c-x>"] = "clear_filter",
["a"] = "add",
["d"] = "delete",
["r"] = "rename",
["c"] = "copy_to_clipboard",
["x"] = "cut_to_clipboard",
["p"] = "paste_from_clipboard",
["bd"] = "buffer_delete",
}
}
},
buffers = {
show_unloaded = true,
window = {
position = "left",
mappings = {
["<2-LeftMouse>"] = "open",
["<cr>"] = "open",
["S"] = "open_split",
["s"] = "open_vsplit",
["<bs>"] = "navigate_up",
["."] = "set_root",
["R"] = "refresh",
["a"] = "add",
["d"] = "delete",
["r"] = "rename",
["c"] = "copy_to_clipboard",
["x"] = "cut_to_clipboard",
["p"] = "paste_from_clipboard",
}
},
},
git_status = {
window = {
position = "float",
mappings = {
["<2-LeftMouse>"] = "open",
["<cr>"] = "open",
["S"] = "open_split",
["s"] = "open_vsplit",
["C"] = "close_node",
["R"] = "refresh",
["d"] = "delete",
["r"] = "rename",
["c"] = "copy_to_clipboard",
["x"] = "cut_to_clipboard",
["p"] = "paste_from_clipboard",
["A"] = "git_add_all",
["gu"] = "git_unstage_file",
["ga"] = "git_add_file",
["gr"] = "git_revert_file",
["gc"] = "git_commit",
["gp"] = "git_push",
["gg"] = "git_commit_and_push",
}
}
}
})
vim.cmd([[nnoremap \ :NeoTreeReveal<cr>]])
end
}The above configuration is not everything that can be changed, it's just the parts you might want to change first.
See :h neo-tree for full documentation. You can also preview that online at
doc/neo-tree.txt, although it's best viewed within vim.
To see all of the default config options with commentary, you can view it online
at lua/neo-tree/defaults.lua. You can also paste it
into your config after installing Neo-tree by running :NeoTreePasteConfig,
which will paste the default config as a config table into the current buffer.
You can then change what you want in the pasted config table and pass it to
require("neo-tree").setup(config)
Here are the various ways to open the tree:
:NeoTreeReveal
This will find the current file in the tree and focus it. If the current file is not within the current working directory, you will be prompted to change the cwd.
:NeoTreeFocus
This will open the window and switch to it. If Neo-tree is already open, it will just switch focus to that window.
:NeoTreeShow
This will show the window WITHOUT focusing it, leaving the focus on the current file.
:NeoTreeFloat
This will open the tree in a floating window instead of a sidebar:
There are also Toggle variants of the above commands, which will close the
window if it is already open: NeoTreeRevealToggle NeoTreeShowToggle
NeoTreeFocusToggle NeoTreeFloatToggle
You can also close the tree with: :NeoTreeClose
Complete documentation can be find in the vim help file :h neo-tree or online
at neo-tree.txt
An example configuration for the filesystem source with proper syntax highlighting can also be viewed at the filesystem README
Neo-tree is built on the idea of supporting various sources. Sources are basically interface implementations whose job it is to provide a list of hierachical items to be rendered, along with commands that are appropriate to those items.
The default source is filesystem, which displays your files and folders. This
is the default source in commands when none is specified.
This source can be used to:
- Browse the filesystem
- Control the current working directory of nvim
- Add/Copy/Delete/Move/Rename files and directories
- Search the filesystem
- Monitor git status and lsp diagnostics for the current working directory
Another available source is buffers, which displays your open buffers. This is
the same list you would see from :ls. To show with the buffers list, use:
:NeoTreeShow buffers
or :NeoTreeFocus buffers or :NeoTreeShow buffers or :NeoTreeFloat buffers
This view take the results of the git status command and display them in a
tree. It includes commands for adding, unstaging, reverting, and committing.
The screenshot below shows the result of :NeoTreeFloat git_status while the
filesystem is open in a sidebar:
This is designed to be flexible. The way that is acheived is by making everything a function, or a string that identifies a built-in function. All of the built-in functions can be replaced with your own implementation, or you can add new ones.
Each node in the tree is created from the renderer specified for the given node type, and each renderer is a list of component configs to be rendered in order. Each component is a function, either built-in or specified in your config. Those functions simply return the text and highlight group for the component.
Additionally, there is an events system that you can hook into. If you want to
show some new data point related to your files, gather it in the
before_render event, create a component to display it, and reference that
component in the renderer for the file and/or directory type.
Details on how to configure everything is in the help file at :h neo-tree-configuration or online at
neo-tree.txt
Recipes for customizations can be found on the wiki. Recipes include
things like adding a component to show the
Harpoon index for files, or
responding to the "file_opened" event to auto clear the search when you open a
file.
There are many tree plugins for (neo)vim, so why make another one? Well, I wanted something that was:
- Easy to maintain and enhance.
- Stable.
- Easy to customize.
This plugin is designed to grow and be flexible. This is accomplished by making the code as decoupled and functional as possible. Hopefully new contributors will find it easy to work with.
One big difference between this plugin and the ones that came before it, which is also what finally pushed me over the edge into making a new plugin, is that we now have libraries to build upon that did not exist when other tree plugins were created. Most notably, nui.nvim and plenary.nvm. Building upon shared libraries will go a long way in making neo-tree easy to maintain.
This project will have releases and release tags that follow a simplified Semantic Versioning scheme. The quickstart instructions will always refer to the latest stable major version. Following the main branch is for contributors and those that always want bleeding edge. There will be branches for v1.x, v2.x, etc which will receive updates after a short testing period in main. You should be safe to follow those branches and be sure your tree won't break in an update. There will also be tags for each release pushed to those branches named v1.1, v1.2, etc. If stability is critical to you, or a bug accidentally make it into v1.x, you can use those tags instead. It's possible we may backport bug fixes to those tags, but no garauntees on that.
There will never be a breaking change within a major version (1.x, 2.x, etc.) If a breaking change is needed, there will be depracation warnings in the prior major version, and the breaking change will happen in the next major version.
Neo-tree follows in the spirit of plugins like lualine.nvim and nvim-cokeline. Everything will be configurable and take either strings, tables, or functions. You can take sane defaults or build your tree items from scratch. There should be the ability to add any features you can think of through existing hooks in the setup function.
Contributions are encouraged. Please see CONTRIBUTING for more details.
This project relies upon these two excellent libraries:
- nui.nvim for all UI components, including the tree!
- plenary.nvim for backend utilities, such as scanning the filesystem.
The design is heavily inspired by these excellent plugins:
Everything I know about writing a tree control in lua, I learned from: