chore(main): release 11.17.1 (#1927)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
---


##
[11.17.1](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.17.0...v11.17.1)
(2025-02-25)


### Bug Fixes

* **bootstrap:** support for older Neovim versions
([1c9ba37](1c9ba37045))
* **meta:** rebuild dirty right after disable. See
[#1889](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1889)
([d51cf69](d51cf69783))

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.github/.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "11.14.2"
+  ".": "11.17.1"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,62 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [11.17.1](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.17.0...v11.17.1) (2025-02-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **bootstrap:** support for older Neovim versions ([1c9ba37](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/1c9ba3704564a2e34a22191bb89678680ffeb245))
+* **meta:** rebuild dirty right after disable. See [#1889](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1889) ([d51cf69](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/d51cf6978321d659e68a8bc38ee806bd2517a196))
+
+## [11.17.0](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.16.2...v11.17.0) (2025-02-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **config,render:** allow customizing the debug icon ([#1863](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1863)) ([a9c660d](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/a9c660d6ef1b396869d3d951760aa7a3dbfe575f))
+* **util:** pass lang to `vim.notify` so that snacks notifier can render the ft. Closes [#1919](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1919) ([c6a57a3](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/c6a57a3534d3494bcc5ff9b0586e141bdb0280eb))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **config:** add missing space on the default debug icon ([#1879](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1879)) ([4df5c4d](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/4df5c4d65a3bbf801edd9ec55fb1ae55cfa72dd0))
+* **meta:** disable top-level specs before the rest. Closes [#1889](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1889) ([f81a3fb](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/f81a3fb7feaf460ec7c8c983682b4a693b18fdd4))
+* **ui:** do not show virt_lines for messages ([#1904](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1904)) ([f15a939](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/f15a93907ddad3d9139aea465ae18336d87f5ce6))
+
+## [11.16.2](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.16.1...v11.16.2) (2024-12-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **meta:** when a plugin is both optional and disabled, then just delete it from the list ([805b85c](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/805b85c2ea3bd6f9506ef22cbd6e3a39172b5b08))
+
+## [11.16.1](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.16.0...v11.16.1) (2024-12-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **types:** ensure all fields for `LazyPluginSpec` are optional ([#1843](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1843)) ([703be1d](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/703be1dda35e142e76e94e7503cf67d6b98a1d35)), closes [#1842](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1842)
+
+## [11.16.0](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.15.0...v11.16.0) (2024-12-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **plugin:** added support for virtual plugins. Closes [#1836](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1836) ([ee64abc](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/ee64abc76be2b237b95d241a924b0323005b868a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **plugin:** don't check if dir exists for virtual plugins ([656cf43](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/656cf4309396b7b8b62984e923bf8d8a0013f7d7))
+* **render:** show correct key for home. Fixes [#1796](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1796) ([b08dba8](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/b08dba8107b5bdaaa007f18cf6c0cc0e0fd576aa))
+
+## [11.15.0](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.14.2...v11.15.0) (2024-12-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **plugin:** show error for local plugins that don't exist. Fixes [#1773](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/issues/1773) ([9570a5a](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/commit/9570a5ae7b17dcde4718c7458fd986c10f015a99))
+
 ## [11.14.2](https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim/compare/v11.14.1...v11.14.2) (2024-11-10)
 
 

bootstrap.lua

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 local M = {}
 
 function M.setup()
+  local uv = vim.uv or vim.loop
   if vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH then
     local root = vim.fn.fnamemodify(vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH, ":p"):gsub("[\\/]$", "")
     for _, name in ipairs({ "config", "data", "state", "cache" }) do
@@ -13,12 +14,12 @@ function M.setup()
     end
   end
 
-  if vim.env.LAZY_PATH and not vim.uv.fs_stat(vim.env.LAZY_PATH) then
+  if vim.env.LAZY_PATH and not uv.fs_stat(vim.env.LAZY_PATH) then
     vim.env.LAZY_PATH = nil
   end
 
   local lazypath = vim.env.LAZY_PATH or vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
-  if not vim.env.LAZY_PATH and not (vim.uv or vim.loop).fs_stat(lazypath) then
+  if not vim.env.LAZY_PATH and not uv.fs_stat(lazypath) then
     vim.api.nvim_echo({
       {
         "Cloning lazy.nvim\n\n",

doc/lazy.nvim.txt

@@ -540,9 +540,7 @@ function.
         keys = {
           { "<leader>ft", "<cmd>Neotree toggle<cr>", desc = "NeoTree" },
         },
-        config = function()
+        opts = {},
-          require("neo-tree").setup()
-        end,
     }
 <
 
@@ -646,24 +644,42 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
         -- then set the below to false. This should work, but is NOT supported and will
         -- increase downloads a lot.
         filter = true,
+        -- rate of network related git operations (clone, fetch, checkout)
+        throttle = {
+          enabled = false, -- not enabled by default
+          -- max 2 ops every 5 seconds
+          rate = 2,
+          duration = 5 * 1000, -- in ms
+        },
+        -- Time in seconds to wait before running fetch again for a plugin.
+        -- Repeated update/check operations will not run again until this
+        -- cooldown period has passed.
+        cooldown = 0,
       },
       pkg = {
         enabled = true,
         cache = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/pkg-cache.lua",
-        versions = true, -- Honor versions in pkg sources
         -- the first package source that is found for a plugin will be used.
         sources = {
           "lazy",
-          "rockspec",
+          "rockspec", -- will only be used when rocks.enabled is true
           "packspec",
         },
       },
       rocks = {
+        enabled = true,
         root = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy-rocks",
         server = "https://nvim-neorocks.github.io/rocks-binaries/",
+        -- use hererocks to install luarocks?
+        -- set to `nil` to use hererocks when luarocks is not found
+        -- set to `true` to always use hererocks
+        -- set to `false` to always use luarocks
+        hererocks = nil,
       },
       dev = {
-        ---@type string | fun(plugin: LazyPlugin): string directory where you store your local plugin projects
+        -- Directory where you store your local plugin projects. If a function is used,
+        -- the plugin directory (e.g. `~/projects/plugin-name`) must be returned.
+        ---@type string | fun(plugin: LazyPlugin): string
         path = "~/projects",
         ---@type string[] plugins that match these patterns will use your local versions instead of being fetched from GitHub
         patterns = {}, -- For example {"folke"}
@@ -690,6 +706,7 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
         icons = {
           cmd = " ",
           config = "",
+          debug = "● ",
           event = " ",
           favorite = " ",
           ft = " ",
@@ -715,7 +732,7 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
         -- leave nil, to automatically select a browser depending on your OS.
         -- If you want to use a specific browser, you can define it here
         browser = nil, ---@type string?
-        throttle = 20, -- how frequently should the ui process render events
+        throttle = 1000 / 30, -- how frequently should the ui process render events
         custom_keys = {
           -- You can define custom key maps here. If present, the description will
           -- be shown in the help menu.
@@ -730,6 +747,16 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
             desc = "Open lazygit log",
           },
     
+          ["<localleader>i"] = {
+            function(plugin)
+              Util.notify(vim.inspect(plugin), {
+                title = "Inspect " .. plugin.name,
+                lang = "lua",
+              })
+            end,
+            desc = "Inspect Plugin",
+          },
+    
           ["<localleader>t"] = {
             function(plugin)
               require("lazy.util").float_term(nil, {
@@ -740,6 +767,17 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
           },
         },
       },
+      -- Output options for headless mode
+      headless = {
+        -- show the output from process commands like git
+        process = true,
+        -- show log messages
+        log = true,
+        -- show task start/end
+        task = true,
+        -- use ansi colors
+        colors = true,
+      },
       diff = {
         -- diff command <d> can be one of:
         -- * browser: opens the github compare view. Note that this is always mapped to <K> as well,
@@ -791,7 +829,7 @@ will be added to the plugin’s spec.
         enabled = true,
         root = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/readme",
         files = { "README.md", "lua/**/README.md" },
-        -- only generate markdown helptags for plugins that dont have docs
+        -- only generate markdown helptags for plugins that don't have docs
         skip_if_doc_exists = true,
       },
       state = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/state.json", -- state info for checker and other things
@@ -837,6 +875,8 @@ If you don’t want to use a Nerd Font, you can replace the icons with Unicode s
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Highlight Group         Default Group           Description
   ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------
+  LazyBold                { bold = true }         
+
   LazyButton              CursorLine              
 
   LazyButtonActive        Visual                  
@@ -857,10 +897,16 @@ If you don’t want to use a Nerd Font, you can replace the icons with Unicode s
 
   LazyDir                 @markup.link            directory
 
+  LazyError               DiagnosticError         task errors
+
   LazyH1                  IncSearch               home button
 
   LazyH2                  Bold                    titles
 
+  LazyInfo                DiagnosticInfo          task errors
+
+  LazyItalic              { italic = true }       
+
   LazyLocal               Constant                
 
   LazyNoCond              DiagnosticWarn          unloaded icon for a
@@ -897,13 +943,13 @@ If you don’t want to use a Nerd Font, you can replace the icons with Unicode s
 
   LazySpecial             @punctuation.special    
 
-  LazyTaskError           ErrorMsg                task errors
-
   LazyTaskOutput          MsgArea                 task output
 
   LazyUrl                 @markup.link            url
 
   LazyValue               @string                 value of a property
+
+  LazyWarning             DiagnosticWarn          task errors
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ==============================================================================

lua/lazy/core/config.lua

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ M.defaults = {
     icons = {
       cmd = " ",
       config = "",
+      debug = "● ",
       event = " ",
       favorite = " ",
       ft = " ",
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ function M.hererocks()
   return M.options.rocks.hererocks
 end
 
-M.version = "11.14.2" -- x-release-please-version
+M.version = "11.17.1" -- x-release-please-version
 
 M.ns = vim.api.nvim_create_namespace("lazy")
 

lua/lazy/core/handler/keys.lua

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local Util = require("lazy.core.util")
 
 ---@class LazyKeysSpec: LazyKeysBase
 ---@field [1] string lhs
----@field [2]? string|fun()|false rhs
+---@field [2]? string|fun():string?|false rhs
 ---@field mode? string|string[]
 
 ---@class LazyKeys: LazyKeysBase

lua/lazy/core/loader.lua

@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ function M._load(plugin, reason, opts)
   Util.track({ plugin = plugin.name, start = reason.start })
   Handler.disable(plugin)
 
+  if not plugin.virtual then
     M.add_to_rtp(plugin)
+  end
 
   if plugin._.pkg and plugin._.pkg.source == "rockspec" then
     M.add_to_luapath(plugin)
@@ -353,7 +355,9 @@ function M._load(plugin, reason, opts)
     end, "Failed to load deps for " .. plugin.name)
   end
 
+  if not plugin.virtual then
     M.packadd(plugin.dir)
+  end
   if plugin.config or plugin.opts then
     M.config(plugin)
   end

lua/lazy/core/meta.lua

@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ function M:_rebuild(name)
   local super = nil
   plugin.url = nil
   plugin._.dep = true
+  plugin._.top = true
   plugin.optional = true
 
   assert(#plugin._.frags > 0, "no fragments found for plugin " .. name)
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ function M:_rebuild(name)
       plugin._.dep = plugin._.dep and fragment.dep
       plugin.optional = plugin.optional and (rawget(fragment.spec, "optional") == true)
       plugin.url = fragment.url or plugin.url
+      plugin._.top = plugin._.top and fragment.pid == nil
 
       -- dependencies
       for _, dep in ipairs(fragment.deps or {}) do
@@ -213,6 +215,8 @@ function M:_rebuild(name)
   plugin.dir = super.dir
   if plugin.dir then
     plugin.dir = Util.norm(plugin.dir)
+  elseif super.virtual then
+    plugin.dir = Util.norm("/dev/null/" .. plugin.name)
   else
     if plugin.dev == nil and plugin.url then
       for _, pattern in ipairs(Config.options.dev.patterns) do
@@ -300,13 +304,26 @@ end
 --- Removes plugins that are disabled.
 function M:fix_disabled()
   local changes = 0
+  local function check(top)
     for _, plugin in pairs(self.plugins) do
+      if (plugin._.top or false) == top then
         if plugin.enabled == false or (type(plugin.enabled) == "function" and not plugin.enabled()) then
           changes = changes + 1
+          if plugin.optional then
+            self:del(plugin.name)
+          else
             self:disable(plugin)
           end
-  end
           self:rebuild()
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  -- disable top-level plugins first, since they may have non-top-level frags
+  -- that disable other plugins
+  check(true)
+  -- then disable non-top-level plugins
+  check(false)
   return changes
 end
 

lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua

@@ -237,12 +237,15 @@ function M.update_state()
         or plugin.cmd
       plugin.lazy = lazy and true or false
     end
-    if plugin.dir:find(Config.options.root, 1, true) == 1 then
+    if plugin.virtual then
+      plugin._.is_local = true
+      plugin._.installed = true -- local plugins are managed by the user
+    elseif plugin.dir:find(Config.options.root, 1, true) == 1 then
       plugin._.installed = installed[plugin.name] ~= nil
       installed[plugin.name] = nil
     else
       plugin._.is_local = true
-      plugin._.installed = true -- local plugins are managed by the user
+      plugin._.installed = vim.fn.isdirectory(plugin.dir) == 1
     end
   end
 

lua/lazy/core/util.lua

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function M.get_unloaded_rtp(modname, opts)
   local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
   if Config.spec then
     for _, plugin in pairs(Config.spec.plugins) do
-      if not (plugin._.loaded or plugin.module == false) then
+      if not (plugin._.loaded or plugin.module == false or plugin.virtual) then
         if norm == M.normname(plugin.name) then
           table.insert(rtp, 1, plugin.dir)
         else
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ function M.notify(msg, opts)
   local lang = opts.lang or "markdown"
   local n = opts.once and vim.notify_once or vim.notify
   n(msg, opts.level or vim.log.levels.INFO, {
+    ft = lang,
     on_open = function(win)
       local ok = pcall(function()
         vim.treesitter.language.add("markdown")

lua/lazy/docs.lua

@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ function M.colors(opts)
     { "---", "---", "---" },
   }
   Util.foreach(require(opts.modname).colors, function(group, link)
-    lines[#lines + 1] = { "**" .. opts.name .. group .. "**", "***" .. link .. "***", comments[group] or "" }
+    link = type(link) == "table" and "`" .. vim.inspect(link):gsub("%s+", " ") .. "`" or "***" .. link .. "***"
+    lines[#lines + 1] = { "**" .. opts.name .. group .. "**", link, comments[group] or "" }
   end)
   return { content = M.table(lines) }
 end

lua/lazy/manage/init.lua

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function M.install(opts)
   opts = M.opts(opts, { mode = "install" })
   return M.run({
     pipeline = {
+      "plugin.exists",
       "git.clone",
       { "git.checkout", lockfile = opts.lockfile },
       "plugin.docs",
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ function M.update(opts)
   opts = M.opts(opts, { mode = "update" })
   return M.run({
     pipeline = {
+      "plugin.exists",
       "git.origin",
       "git.branch",
       "git.fetch",
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ function M.check(opts)
   opts = opts or {}
   return M.run({
     pipeline = {
+      "plugin.exists",
       { "git.origin", check = true },
       "git.fetch",
       "git.status",

lua/lazy/manage/task/plugin.lua

@@ -97,4 +97,15 @@ M.docs = {
   end,
 }
 
+M.exists = {
+  skip = function(plugin)
+    return not plugin._.is_local or plugin.virtual
+  end,
+  run = function(self)
+    if not Util.file_exists(self.plugin.dir) then
+      self:error("Local plugin does not exist at `" .. self.plugin.dir .. "`")
+    end
+  end,
+}
+
 return M

lua/lazy/types.lua

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ---@field dirty? boolean
 ---@field build? boolean
 ---@field frags? number[]
+---@field top? boolean
 ---@field handlers? LazyPluginHandlers
 ---@field installed? boolean
 ---@field is_local? boolean
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 ---@field priority? number Only useful for lazy=false plugins to force loading certain plugins first. Default priority is 50
 ---@field dev? boolean If set, then link to the respective folder under your ~/projects
 ---@field rocks? string[]
+---@field virtual? boolean virtual plugins won't be installed or added to the rtp.
 
 ---@class LazyPlugin: LazyPluginBase,LazyPluginHandlers,LazyPluginHooks,LazyPluginRef
 ---@field dependencies? string[]
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@
 ---@field module? false
 
 ---@class LazyPluginSpec: LazyPluginBase,LazyPluginSpecHandlers,LazyPluginHooks,LazyPluginRef
+---@field name? string display name and name used for plugin config files
+---@field dir? string
 ---@field dependencies? string|string[]|LazyPluginSpec[]
 ---@field specs? string|string[]|LazyPluginSpec[]
 

lua/lazy/view/render.lua

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function M:update()
       diag.lnum = diag.row - 1
       return diag
     end, self._diagnostics),
-    { signs = false, virtual_text = true, underline = false }
+    { signs = false, virtual_text = true, underline = false, virtual_lines = false }
   )
 end
 
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ function M:title()
       if mode.name == "home" then
         if self.view.state.mode == "home" then
           title = " lazy.nvim " .. Config.options.ui.icons.lazy
-        else
-          title = " lazy.nvim (H) "
         end
       end
 
@@ -761,7 +759,7 @@ function M:debug()
         ---@type string[]
         plugins = vim.tbl_values(plugins)
         table.sort(plugins)
-        self:append("● ", "LazySpecial", { indent = 2 })
+        self:append(Config.options.ui.icons.debug, "LazySpecial", { indent = 2 })
         if handler_type == "keys" then
           for k, v in pairs(Config.plugins[plugins[1]]._.handlers.keys) do
             if k == value then

tests/core/plugin_spec.lua

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ local function clean(plugins)
     if plugin._.dep == false then
       plugin._.dep = nil
     end
+    plugin._.top = nil
     return plugin
   end, plugins)
 end