lazy.nvim

✨ Features

• Partial clones instead of shallow clones
• Async
• No need for compile
• Fast
• Correct sequencing of dependencies (deps should always be opt. Maybe make everything opt?)
• Import specs from Packer
• Config in multiple files
• Patterns for local packages
• lockfile
• package.lua
• package-lock.lua
• tag/version support git tag --sort version:refname
• auto-loading on completion for lazy-loaded commands
• semver https://devhints.io/semver https://semver.npmjs.com/

✅ TODO

• package meta index (package.lua cache for all packages)
• migrate from Packer
• auto lazy-loading of lua modules
• use uv file watcher to check for config changes
• clear errors
• add support for versions git tag --sort v:refname
• rename requires to deps
• move tasks etc to Plugin.state
  • loaded
  • installed
  • updated
  • changed: just installed or updated (dirty)
  • is_local https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/

🖥️ Git Operations

1. install:

   • run git clone with given branch,--single-branch, filter=blob:none and --no-checkout
   • run git checkout with correct branch, tag or commit

2. update:

   • if branch is missing git remote set-branches --add origin MISSING_BRANCH
     • git switch MISSING_BRANCH
   • run git fetch
   • run git checkout with correct branch, tag or commit