Changelog

This page will summarize the changes between versions, starting with 2.0.

2.x

2.40

Bug Fixes

• Fail gracefully when preview toggle attempted when position=current
• Fix for "preview window freezes when opening new folder"
• Fix regression on git status staged markers

Other Changes

• Improve documentation for mappings

2.39

New Features

• Set default mapping for preview mode
• Add use_float option for preview mode
• Do not notify log level when it is set
• Add diagnostic component config options to override symbols and highlights
• Add "drop" and "tab_drop" commands

Bug Fixes

• Do not show staged icon when git status is unknown
• Fix pluralization in "hidden items" hints
• Set a better default for NC popup titlebar style

2.38

New Features

• Soft release of "preview" mode commands, not yet complete or mapped by default.

Bug Fixes

• Use pcall when closing window that might have been closed already, fixes float toggle commands
• Fire "neo-tree-buffer-leave" when switching to a different neo-tree window

2.37

New Features

• Add path support to hide_by_pattern
• Add right_padding option to name component
• Consider signcol and linenr when right aligning symbols
• Add documentation for source selector

Bug Fixes

• Specify git commands as lists instead of strings, fixes windows quoting problems

2.36

New Features

• Add Neo-tree window before/after open/close events
• Restore focus to the last visited window when a focused Neo-tree window is closed

Bug Fixes

• Only allow delete on files and directories

2.35

New Features

• Allow setting right_padding on container in global config
• Make floating windows resize on VimResize event
• Add always_show option in filesystem.filtered_items config

Bug Fixes

• Fix multiple memory leaks
• Do not check git ignored if not filtering them and git status is not enabled

2.34

New Features

• add prev_source / next_source commands mapped to < / >
• new option add_blank_line_at_top

Bug Fixes

• execute all git commands without shell
• handle directories with only hidden items
• remove a memory leak from fs_scan, there are still more leaks to find

2.33

New Features

• Optional source selector tabs for winbar or statusline
• Support indent markers for messages (hidden items)

Bug Fixes

• Do not hide root node of lazy loaded folder
• Ensure dialogs are within editor on gui clients

2.32

New Features

• Enable opening at top and bottom positions
• Add retain_hidden_root_indent option

2.31

Bug Fixes

• Remove extra space on right related to #408
• Remove indent from root node if it is hidden

Other

• Support default configs from external sources

2.30

New Features

• Add support for external sources

Bug Fixes

• Fix for setting use_got_status_colors = false in global config
• Fix incorrect window_picker tag in README

2.29

New Features

• Add hide_root_node option
• Auto refresh on git status / branch changes! Requires use_libuv_file_watcher = true
• Make *_with_window_picker commands also invoke event handlers
• Disable signcolumn in Neo-tree window by default

Bug Fixes

• Use ++nested in WinEnter autocmd so that close_if_last_window raises VimLeave event
• Display git ignored items properly
• Fix double wide symbol clipping in some terminals

2.28

New Features

• Add options to change what cwd is bound to, see :h neo-tree-cwd
• Add expand_all_nodes command, not mapped by default
• Add fuzzy_finder_directory command, mapped to D
• Add hide_root_node option

2.27

New Features

• Use terminal title as name in buffers list
• Support multiple filetypes per ext in nesting

Bug Fixes

• Force disable colorcolumn in neo-tree windows
• Handle reveal flag in buffer and git status sources

2.26

Bug Fixes

• Fix version check for WinSeparator highlight

2.25

New Features:

• Show hidden count by default

Bug Fixes:

• Don't use WinSeparator highlight group on Neovim version < 7.0
• Normalize user mappings at global level

2.24

New Features

• Support absolute and relative paths in copy and move commands
• Add config option for custom sorting

Bug Fixes

• Support mapping in input prompts
• Don't try to close the last window when *toggle commands are issued

Other Changes

• Refactor event queue backing array into linked list

2.23

Bug Fixes

• Remove extra messge on rename
• Make focus_node open folders to show node if needed, which fixes the next_get_modified command
• use_default_mappings = false now only affects mappings instead of all window options

2.22

New Features

• Optimize git status processing for large repos
• Respect git's status:showUntrackedFiles = no option
• Use vim.notify for log messages
• Add [g ]g mappings to jump to next/previous git modified file
• Add NeoTreeGitStaged and NeoTreeGitUnstaged highlight groups
• Force showing hidden file if it is the target of a "reveal" action

Bug Fixes

• Ensure buflisted is set when opening files
• Prevent Neotree current windows from hijacking a Neotree sidebar
• Allow backticks in git status commit messages

2.21

New Features

• add enable_refresh_on_write option to disable auto refresh

Bug Fixes

• Fix "invalid buffer id" error introduced in the prior release

Other Changes

• Refactored git status async code, it's possible the execution time can be altered by the change

2.20

New Features

• Respond to Fugitive's "FugitiveChanged" autocmd to refresh git status as you issue Fugitive commands
• Open with window picker commands will now toggle directories like the normal open command
• Add "NeoTreeWinSeparator" highlight
• Show terminals in "buffers" source
• Add group_empty_dirs option, default to true for "buffers" and false for "filesystem"
• Improve efficiency of modified file markers [+]
• Cancel long running git status update when vim closes

Bug Fixes

• Respect bind_to_cwd = false during refreshes
• Reduce unnecessary background refreshes with more precise event handling

2.19

New Features

• Added options to display the number of hidden items in folders
• If the root folder has nothing but hidden items, that message will be displayed regardless of what that setting is

Bug Fixes

• Adding a node ending with / once again creates a directory as it should (recent regression)
• Correctly handle hijack_netrw_behavior = "disabled"

2.18

New Features

• Added help menu, shown with ? by default
• Added ability to pass config to commands in mappings
• Added config.show_path option to add and add_directory commands, which can be one of:
  • "none", the default value
  • "absolute", shows full path of the folder you are adding a node to
  • "relative", shows the path relative to Neo-tree's current root

2.17

New Features

• Update file names of open buffers when a file or directory is renamed in the tree
• Auto focus newly created nodes
• Support visual selection for delete, cut_to_clipboard, and copy_to_clipboard commands

Bug Fixes

• Support splitting a neo-tree window opened in "current" position, this now creates a new tree instead of letting the buffer be shown in two places.

2.16

New Features

• Add commands to open splits with window picker

Bug Fixes

• Prevent duplicate [No Name] buffers on netrw hijack

2.15

New Features

• Add enable_character_fade option to container component
• Add support for hidden files on Windows
• Make nowait the default setting for the all mappings except for <space>
• Allow clearing default mappings with use_default_mappings = false

Bug Fixes

• Skip git warnings when parsing status
• Reset faded highlights on color scheme change

2.14

Bug Fixes

• Fix many path related issues on Windows, including:
  • git ignored
  • navigate up command
  • nested file issues
  • diagnostic icons for folders
• Fix refresh after adding file with open nested files

2.13

New Features

• Add NeoTreeSignColumn highlight group
• Add hide_by_pattern option to filesystem.filtered_items

Bug Fixes

• fix performance issues with check git ignored code
• fix error with delete directory action on Windows

Other

• Fix possessive "its" on the README

2.12

New Features

• Use native recursive delete for directories (rm -Rf)
• Optimize resize timer to lower cpu usage

2.11

New Features

• Add mapping_options config to set map-arguments like nowait
• Add built-in "open_with_window_picker" command
• Make async_directory_scan option take three way choice: "always", "never", or "auto"

Bug Fixes

• Fix git status logic to show conflicts correctly

2.10

New Features

• Various tweaks and optimizations to improve speed
• Including reworked async filesystem scan
• and opening sync from user commands to get the fastest response time
• and reserving async loading for background refreshes

2.9

New Features

• Refactor async directory scan to make it parallel
• Add an option to scan synchronously (which is usually faster): filesystem = { async_directory_scan = false }
• Support changing the git base for git status using Neotree <gitref> or Neotree git_base=<gitref>
• Add NeoTreeEndOfBuffer highlight group

Bug Fixes

• Handle git ignored logic correctly for files that are both ignored and dotfiles

2.8

New Features

• Add resize_timer_interval config option

2.7

New Features

• Add highlight groups:
  • NeoTreeStatusLine: StatusLine override in Neo-tree window.
  • NeoTreeStatusLineNC: StatusLineNC override in Neo-tree window.
  • NeoTreeVertSplit: VertSplit override in Neo-tree window.

Bug Fixes

• Update README Quickstart to move filesystem only mappings out of the global mapping config
• Fix the navigate_up and set_root commands on the buffers source

2.6

New Features

• Add container component, which allows right aligning components and character fading for overflow
• Add "open_tab" command
• Add "modified" component to show which files have unsaved changes

Bug Fixes

• Handle git-ignore properly for dot (hidden) files

2.5

New Features

• Added sort_case_insensitive option
• Support variable last_indent_marker width
• Add new events for setting local options:
  • "neo_tree_buffer_enter"
  • "neo_tree_buffer_leave"
  • "neo_tree_popup_buffer_enter"
  • "neo_tree_popup_buffer_leave"

Bug Fixes

• Suppress non-critical errors when opening file (e.g. E325)
• Add ++nested to DirChanged event
• Ignore git errors when checking ignored outside of a repo

2.4

Bug Fixes

• Fix reveal_force_cwd when there is no change needed
• Fix global mapped commands missing from buffers, remove mappings that don't apply to git_status
• Fix "toggle_node" command to lazy load directories if needed
• Stop swallowing global mappings starting with default mapped keys with "nowait" option

2.3

Bug Fixes

• Respect enable_git_status option
• Handle dir argument correctly in user command

2.2

Bug Fixes

• Handle changing cwd correctly during reveal

Other

• Fix typos in README
• Fix errors in help file related to copy/paste commands

2.1

New Features

• Add "toggle_node" command, mapped to space. This toggles both nested files and directories
• The "open" command no longer expands nested files, it just opens them.
• Never hide nested files, since they are already hidden by being nested
• Add "add_directory" command, mapped to A by default

2.0

Breaking Changes

• Changed Diagnostic sign lookup and highlights from old style "LspDiagnosticsWarning" to the new style "DiagnosticWarn"
• Changed default copy_to_clipboard_copy mapping from c to y

Deprecations

• All NeoTree* commands have been deprecated, switch to the new Neotree command
• The filesystem.filters option has been deprecated, please use filesystem.filtered_items instead.
  • The show_hidden option has been deprecated, please use hide_dotfiles instead.
  • The respect_gitignore option has been deprecated, please use hide_gitignored instead.
• The position previously known as "split" has been renamed to "current"
  • The filesystem.hijack_netrw_behavior="open_split" option has been renamed to "open_current".
  • The window.position="split" options has been changed to window.position="current"
  • :NeoTreeShowInSplit becomes :Neotree show current
• All lua methods in the neo-tree module for opening the tree have been deprecated, use the :Neotree command or neo-tree.command.execute() instead.
• neo-tree.utils.table_copy has been deprecated, use vim.deepcopy instead
• neo-tree.utils.table_merge has been deprecated, use vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", base_table, override_table) instead
• Other methods may have been deprecated, please check the source for the method(s) you are using.

New Features

• Added file nesting feature, allows to group related files such as a .ts with it's compiled .js
• Added new :Neotree command which supersedes all of the prior commands with a single flexible cli style interface
• Added new git_status icons
• Allow window options, including mappings, to be defined at globally at the root level of the config
• Allow renderers to be defined globally at the root level of the config.
• filesystem.find_args can now be defined as a mapping of cmd = { args, to, pass }, to ensure the right format is used for the command available on your current system. The old style of a simple array is also acceptable.
• Improved filesystem.filtered_items config to clarify the options.
  • Added hide_by_name and never_show options to filtered_items
  • Added ability to toggle visibility of "filtered" items but show them in a different highlight group (grey by default)
• NeoTreeDirectoryName and NeoTreeDirectoryIcon highlight groups now link to Directory by default
• "fuzzy_finder" search will now auto select the first file in the search results.