feat(icon): add opt-in filetype detection via file contents

Problem: files without standard extensions (e.g. scripts with
shebangs, Makefile, Dockerfile) got incorrect or default icons since
icon providers match by filename or extension only.

Solution: add use_slow_filetype_detection option to the icon column
config. When enabled, reads the first 16 lines of each file and
passes them to vim.filetype.match for content-based detection. The
detected filetype is forwarded to mini.icons or nvim-web-devicons as
a trailing parameter, preserving backwards compatibility with
existing icon provider implementations.

Based on: stevearc/oil.nvim#618
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Barrett Ruth 2026-02-20 16:56:17 -05:00
parent 41556ec87f
commit ded17258cd
Signed by: barrett
GPG key ID: A6C96C9349D2FC81
4 changed files with 36 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ COL_DEFS = [
"boolean",
"Set to false to remove the extra whitespace after the icon",
),
LuaParam(
"use_slow_filetype_detection",
"boolean",
"Set to true to detect filetypes by reading the first lines of each file (e.g. shebangs).",
),
],
),
ColumnDef("size", "files, ssh, s3", False, True, "The size of the file", UNIVERSAL + []),