Added 2 options for nix compatibility

Fully backwards compatible with minimal runtime impact
dev.extra_paths and performance.rtp.override_base_rtp

README.md

@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ return {
   dev = {
     -- directory where you store your local plugin projects
     path = "~/projects",
+    ---@type string[] | nil you may include a list of local paths to also check
+    extra_paths = nil,
     ---@type string[] plugins that match these patterns will use your local versions instead of being fetched from GitHub
     patterns = {}, -- For example {"folke"}
     fallback = false, -- Fallback to git when local plugin doesn't exist
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ return {
     rtp = {
       reset = true, -- reset the runtime path to $VIMRUNTIME and your config directory
       ---@type string[]
-      paths = {}, -- add any custom paths here that you want to includes in the rtp
+      paths = {}, -- add any custom paths here that you want to append to the rtp
       ---@type string[] list any plugins you want to disable here
       disabled_plugins = {
         -- "gzip",
@@ -436,6 +438,18 @@ return {
         -- "tutor",
         -- "zipPlugin",
       },
+      -- for niche situations where lazy breaks oddly built configurations
+      -- such as those that can be produced via nix.
+      ---@type fun(DEFAULT: string[], ME: string, VIMRUNTIME: string, NVIM_LIB: string): string[]
+      override_base_rtp = function(DEFAULT, ME, VIMRUNTIME, NVIM_LIB) return DEFAULT end
+      -- DEFAULT = {
+      --   vim.fn.stdpath("config"),
+      --   vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site",
+      --   ME,
+      --   VIMRUNTIME,
+      --   NVIM_LIB,
+      --   vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/after",
+      -- }
     },
   },
   -- lazy can generate helptags from the headings in markdown readme files,