nvim-ghengis

Convenience file operations for neovim written in lua.

• How is this different from vim.eunuch?
• Installation and Setup
• Available Commands
• Why that name?

How is this different from vim.eunuch?

• Written 100% in lua.
• Uses up-to-date nvim features like vim.ui.input or vim.notify. This means you can get nicer input fields via plugins like dressing.nvim, and nicer confirmation notices with plugins like nvim-notify, if they are installed and setup.
• Some minor improvements like automatically keeping the extensions when no extension is given, or moving to the trash instead of removing files.
• Except for trashFile and chmodx only vim commands or lua os-modules are used to keep shell requirements to a minimum.

Installation and Setup

-- Recommended (Packer)
use {"chrisgrieser/nvim-ghengis", requires = "stevearc/dressing.nvim"}

-- if you do not care about nice input fields
use "chrisgrieser/nvim-ghengis"

nvim-ghengis (and dressign.nvim) require no .setup() function. Just create keybindings for the commands you want to use:

local ghengis = require("ghengis")
local keymap = vim.keymap.set
keymap("n", "<leader>yp", ghengis.copyFilepath)
keymap("n", "<leader>yn", ghengis.copyFilename)
keymap("n", "<leader>cx", ghengis.chmodx)
keymap("n", "<leader>rf", ghengis.renameFile)
keymap("n", "<leader>nf", ghengis.createNewFile)
keymap("n", "<leader>yf", ghengis.duplicateFile)
keymap("n", "<leader>df", function () ghengis.trashFile{trashLocation = "your/path"} end) -- ; default '~/.Trash'. Requires macOS or Linux for `mv`.
keymap("x", "<leader>x", ghengis.moveSelectionToNewFile)

Available Commands

• .copyFilepath: Copy the absolute file path. When clipboard='unnamed[plus], copies to the + register, otherwise to ".
• .copyFilename: Copy file name. When clipboard='unnamed[plus], copies to the + register, otherwise to ".
• .chmodx: Run chmod +x on the current file.
• .renameFile: Rename the current file. If no extension is provided, will keep the current file extension.
• .createNewFile: Create a new file. If no extension is provided, will keep use the extension of the current file.
• .duplicateFile: Duplicate the current file. If no extension is provided, will keep the current file extension.
• .trashFile: Move the current file to $HOME/.Trash. Can optionally be passed a table to change the trash location: .trashFile{trashLocation = "your/path/"}. (Requires macOS or Linux, since using mv.)
• .moveSelectionToNewFile: Visual Mode Command. Prompts for a new file name and moves the current selection to that new file.

Why that name?

A nod to vim.eunuch – as opposed to childless eunuchs, it is said that Ghengis Khan has fathered thousands of children.

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This is my very first neovim plugin, so suggestions for code improvements are welcome. 🙏