feat(icons): add nonicons.nvim icon provider support

Problem: oil.nvim only recognizes mini.icons and nvim-web-devicons as
icon providers. nonicons.nvim works when paired with devicons (via its
apply() monkey-patch), but has no standalone support.

Solution: add a nonicons.nvim fallback in get_icon_provider(), placed
after devicons so the patched devicons path is preferred when both are
installed. The standalone path handles directories via
nonicons.get('file-directory'), files via filetype/extension lookup with
a generic file icon fallback.
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Barrett Ruth 2026-02-22 20:45:26 -05:00
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- Neovim 0.10+
- Optional:
[mini.icons](https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-icons.md)
or [nvim-web-devicons](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons) for
file icons
[mini.icons](https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-icons.md),
[nvim-web-devicons](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons), or
[nonicons.nvim](https://github.com/barrettruth/nonicons.nvim) for file icons
## Installation

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end
end
end
local has_nonicons, nonicons = pcall(require, 'nonicons')
if has_nonicons and type(nonicons.get) == 'function' then
return function(type, name, conf, ft)
if type == 'directory' then
local icon = nonicons.get('file-directory')
return icon or (conf and conf.directory or ''), 'OilDirIcon'
else
if ft then
local ft_icon = nonicons.get(ft)
if ft_icon then
return ft_icon, 'OilFileIcon'
end
end
local ext = name:match('%.([^%.]+)$')
if ext then
local ext_icon = nonicons.get(ext)
if ext_icon then
return ext_icon, 'OilFileIcon'
end
end
local icon = nonicons.get('file')
return icon or (conf and conf.default_file or ''), 'OilFileIcon'
end
end
end
end
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