Set inital directory

[schultzter]

Is it possible to set the intial directory?

Regardless of how I launch Nvim-qt the directory ends up being something awkward, I would prefer it start in my home directory or even more prefereably in the Documents subdirectory (I'm on Windows so C:\User\me\Documents or ~\Documents).

Thanks

[kyazdani42]

I think this is something that should be managed by a rooter plugin (like project.nvim or such). Or maybe hacking an automation on start. nvim-tree does not manage your base directory (depends on how you open it though).

[schultzter]

I got it to do what I wanted with following setup:

require('nvim-tree').setup {
  open_on_setup = true,
  update_focused_file = {
    enable = true,
    update_cwd = true,
    ignore_list = {},
  }
}

[kyazdani42]

ah then i've misunderstood what you've asked :)

[schultzter]

More likely I didn't know what I was asking when I started this thread! 😄

Thanks

[alex-courtis]

Looks like we have an answer ;)