lazy.nvim/docs/packages.md

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📦 Packages

lazy.nvim supports three ways for plugins to define their dependencies and configuration.

• Lazy: .lazy.lua file
• Rockspec: luarocks *-scm-1.rockspec file
• Packspec: pkg.json (experimental, since the format is not quite there yet)

You can enable/disable package sources with config.pkg.sources. The order of sources is important, as the first source that finds a package will be used.

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Package specs are always loaded in the scope of the plugin (using specs), so that when the plugin is disabled, none of the specs are loaded.

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Lazy

Using a .lazy.lua file is the recommended way to define your plugin dependencies and configuration. Syntax is the same as any plugin spec.

Rockspec

When a plugin contains a *-scm-1.rockspec file, lazy.nvim will automatically load its rocks dependencies.

Packspec

Supports the pkg.json format, with a lazy extension in lazy. lazy can contain any valid lazy spec fields. They will be added to the plugin's spec.