Is it possible to disable update_root for symlinks?

[jmoudrik]

Hi!

Is it possible to disable symlinks from update_focused_file.update_root ? What I want is to keep update_root=True (so that sessions change root, etc), but without it following symlinks - the issue is that opening a symlink causes nvimtree with update_focused_file.update_root.enabled = True to "lose" the original root; I would rather it kept the symlink nested under the old tree.

I am now working around by putting the filename into the ignore_list manually, but that sucks.

I believe the logic is here:

nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua

Lines 35 to 39 in d43ab67

	for _, value in pairs(_config.update_focused_file.update_root.ignore_list) do
	if utils.str_find(path, value) or utils.str_find(ft, value) then
	return
	end
	end

but neither path, nor nvims filetype show info about symlinks.

I think adding a custom function-like option into ignore_list would be best, but before implementing that, I even wonder if this is this the proper way to do it? Am I the only one who has symlinks && likes update_root or am I doing something wrong?

Thx!

[alex-courtis]

All the functionality that uses change_root does so based on the path of the buffer that nvim reports.

When :e link-to-foo the buffer name is link-to-foo. When selecting it in the tree, the buffer name is foo. That would result in the change in root.

A solution might be to open/edit links themselves rather than their target. That could be considered a bugfix and it's acceptable to nvim.

pull requests are always welcome and I'd be happy to help you out on that one.