From 6cbc8d725d3964cb08d679774db67d41fa002647 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Arcangeli <stevearc@stevearc.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:51:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: shorten path when opening files (#194)

---
 lua/oil/init.lua | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lua/oil/init.lua b/lua/oil/init.lua
index 4f80699..ceb6cf7 100644
--- a/lua/oil/init.lua
+++ b/lua/oil/init.lua
@@ -569,6 +569,11 @@ M.select = function(opts, callback)
         keepalt = true,
         emsg_silent = true,
       }
+      -- If we're editing a file on disk, shorten the path prior to :edit so the
+      -- display name will show up shortened
+      if adapter.name == "files" and not util.parse_url(normalized_url) then
+        normalized_url = require("oil.fs").shorten_path(normalized_url)
+      end
       local filename = util.escape_filename(normalized_url)
 
       -- If we're previewing a file that hasn't been opened yet, make sure it gets deleted after we