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feat(preview): add max_file_size config to skip large file previews

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Problem: previewing large files (e.g. 500 MB logs, binaries) loads them
into a buffer and can freeze or OOM Neovim. `disable_preview` only
receives the filename, so users cannot gate on file size.

Solution: add `preview_win.max_file_size` (number, MB, default 10). In
`open_preview`, check `entry.meta.stat.size` and fall back to
`vim.uv.fs_stat` when the cached stat is absent. If the file exceeds
the limit and a preview window is already open, render "File too large
to preview" in it; if not, emit a WARN notify and return early. The
cursor-moved auto-update path only fires when a window already exists,
so no flag threading is needed to distinguish explicit from implicit.

Based on: stevearc/oil.nvim#213
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Barrett Ruth 2026-03-07 16:49:08 -05:00
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@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Bugs fixed in this fork that remain open upstream.
| [#670](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/670) | Multi-directory cmdline args ignored | [#11](https://github.com/barrettruth/canola.nvim/pull/11) ([`70861e5`](https://github.com/barrettruth/canola.nvim/commit/70861e5)) |
| [#673](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/673) | Symlink newlines crash | [`9110a1a`](https://github.com/barrettruth/canola.nvim/commit/9110a1a) |
| [#710](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/710) | buftype empty on BufEnter | [#10](https://github.com/barrettruth/canola.nvim/pull/10) ([`01b860e`](https://github.com/barrettruth/canola.nvim/commit/01b860e)) |
| [#213](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/213) | Max file size for preview | pending PR |
| [#473](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/473) | Show hidden when dir is all-hidden | pending PR |
## Open upstream PRs
@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ Bugs fixed in this fork that remain open upstream.
| [#200](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/200) | open | Highlights not working when opening a file (P2) |
| [#207](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/207) | open | Suppress "no longer available" message (P1) |
| [#210](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/210) | open | FTP support (P2) |
| [#213](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/213) | open | Disable preview for large files (P1) |
| [#213](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/213) | fixed | Disable preview for large files — `preview_win.max_file_size` (P1) |
| [#226](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/226) | open | K8s/Docker adapter (P2) |
| [#232](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/232) | open | Cannot close last window (P2) |
| [#254](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/254) | open | Buffer modified highlight group (P2) |
@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ Bugs fixed in this fork that remain open upstream.
| [#450](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/450) | open | Highlight opened file in directory listing |
| [#457](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/457) | open | Custom column API |
| [#466](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/466) | open | Select into window on right |
| [#473](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/473) | open | Show all hidden files if dir only has hidden |
| [#473](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/473) | fixed | Show all hidden files if dir only has hidden — `view_options.show_hidden_when_empty` |
| [#479](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/479) | open | Harpoon integration recipe |
| [#483](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/483) | not actionable | Spell downloads depend on netrw — fixed in [neovim#34940](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/34940) |
| [#486](https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim/issues/486) | open | All directory sizes show 4.1k |