CHADTree

File Manager for Neovim, Better than NERDTree.

Features Illustrated

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I like speed

Incremental file system scan
None blocking
Literally every FS call is async.

I like power

Visual mode selections
Create, Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, gotta do them all
Quickfix integration

I like 21st century

Filtering by glob
Follow mode
Session support (save open folders to disk, pick up where you left off)
Trash support (requires trash or trash-cli)
ls -l statistics
Correct! handling of symlinks
Mimetype warning (so you don't accidently open an image)

I like version control

Asynchronous parse git status (untracked, modified, staged)
Full support for git ignore, toggle show / hide
Full support for globbing ignored files

I like colours

Full $LS_COLOR support! (shows same colours as unix ls & tree commands)
Github coloured icons (over 600 colours!)
Full icon support from importing vim-devicon

Install

Requires pyvim (as all python plugins do)

pip3 install pynvim

Install the usual way, ie. VimPlug, Vundle, etc

Plug 'ms-jpq/chadtree', {'branch': 'chad', 'do': ':UpdateRemotePlugins'}

Minimum version: python: 3.7, nvim: 0.4.3

Documentation

To toggle CHADTree run command :CHADopen. Set it to a hotkey for convenience.

nnoremap <leader>v <cmd>CHADopen<cr>

Check out config.json before you proceed for an overview of options.

Set a dictionary with same keys to g:chadtree_settings to overwrite any options. You dont need to provide every key, just the ones you want to overwrite.

Keybindings

important: if you get a missing function error, it means I added a feature and you need to run :UpdateRemotePlugins to see the new function.

functions only work under the CHADTree buffer

functions	usage	default key
quit	close chad window	`q`
refresh	trigger refresh	`<c-r>`
change_focus	re-center root at folder	`c`
change_focus_up	re-center root at root's parent	`C`
refocus	refocus root at vim cwd	`~`
jump_to_current	set cursor row to currently active file	`J`
primary	open / close folders & open file	`<enter>`
secondary	open / close folders & preview file	`<tab>`, `<doubleclick>`
tertiary	open / close folders & open file in new tab	`<m-enter>`, `<middlemouse>`
v_split	open / close folders & open file in vertical split	`w`
h_split	open / close folders & open file in horizontal split	`W`
open_sys	open file using `open` / `xdg-open`	`o`
toggle_hidden	toggle showing hidden items (you need to set your own ignore list)	`.`
collapse	collapse all sub folders	`<s-tab>`
copy_name	copy file path of items under cursor / visual selection / selection	`y`
filter	set glob filter for visible items	`f`
clear_filter	clear filtering	`F`
select	select item under cursor / visual selection	`s`
clear_select	clear selection	`S`
new	create new folder / file at location under cursor (name ending with os specific `/` will be folders)	`a`
rename	rename file under cursor	`r`
delete	delete item under cursor / visual selection / selection	`d`
trash	trash item under cursor / visual selection / selection	`t`
copy	copy selected items to location under cursor	`p`
cut	move selected items to location under cursor	`x`
stat	print `ls -l` stat to status line	`K`
toggle_follow	toggle follow mode on / off
toggle_version_control	toggle version control on / off
bigger	increase chad size	`+`, `=`
smaller	decrease chad size	`-`, `_`

View & Ignore

Likewise set dictionaries to g:chadtree_view and g:chadtree_ignores to overwrite view.json and ignore.json accordingly.

option	usage
name	globs of name to ignore
path	glob of full path to ignore

Note: if you want to ignore dotfiles, you will need to set it up like so

lua vim.api.nvim_set_var("chadtree_ignores", { name = {".*", ".git"} })

Recommendations

Add a hotkey to clear quickfix list:

nnoremap <leader>l <cmd>call setqflist([])<cr>

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Special Thanks

All the icons are imported from the vim-devicon project

anasem/chadtree