Problem: the fork shared the same name as upstream, making it difficult
to distinguish and discover independently.
Solution: rename the repository to canola.nvim — a type of oil, making
the lineage obvious while establishing a distinct identity. Update all
references in the README, rockspec, and issue templates.
Problem: mrcjkb/lua-typecheck-action runs lua-language-server in a bare
nix sandbox without neovim installed, causing 71 type errors for all
vim.* and uv.* types. LuaLS 3.17.x also introduced stricter type
checking that flags uv.aliases.fs_types mismatches not present in
3.16.4. The .luarc.json workspace.library entries conflicted with the
action's auto-appended luvit-meta, producing duplicate uv type unions.
Solution: switch to stevearc/nvim-typecheck-action@v2 (matching
upstream), pin LuaLS to 3.16.4, convert .luarc.json to nested format
without workspace.library (let the action provide VIMRUNTIME and
luvit-meta), and add .direnv/* to selene.toml exclude for local use.
* build: clean up gitignore and remove empty gitmodules
Problem: .gitignore contained 48 lines of C/shared-object boilerplate
irrelevant to a Lua Neovim plugin. .gitmodules was tracked but empty.
Solution: replace .gitignore with minimal entries covering only files
this project actually produces. Delete the vestigial .gitmodules.
* build: add editorconfig and prettierrc
Problem: no editor or formatter configuration, inconsistent with
cp.nvim and diffs.nvim conventions.
Solution: add .editorconfig (2-space Lua indent, utf-8, final newline)
and .prettierrc (prose wrap, 80 cols, single quotes, no semi) matching
the other repos.
* build: add Makefile for lint and test targets
Problem: .github/pre-commit calls `make fastlint` and .github/pre-push
calls `make lint && make test`, but no Makefile existed, so the git
hooks failed.
Solution: add Makefile with lint (stylua + selene), fastlint
(pre-commit), and test (luarocks test) targets.
* docs: add fork copyright to LICENSE
Problem: LICENSE only contained the original author's copyright notice.
Solution: add a second copyright line for the fork maintainer. MIT
requires retaining the original notice; adding a line for derivative
work is standard practice.
* ci: restructure workflows to quality/test/luarocks pattern
Problem: CI used a single tests.yml for linting, typechecking, and
testing. No conditional path filtering, no markdown format check, and
a stale mirror_upstream_prs.yml and duplicate luarocks.yml existed.
Solution: replace tests.yml with quality.yaml (stylua, selene,
lua-typecheck, prettier with dorny/paths-filter) and test.yaml
(nvim-busted, stable+nightly matrix). Update luarocks.yaml to
reference quality.yaml. Delete mirror_upstream_prs.yml and duplicate
luarocks.yml. Fix automation workflow sender check.
* build: rewrite issue templates
Problem: issue templates used upstream stevearc references, severity
dropdowns, outdated lazy.nvim bootstrap, and the .yml extension
inconsistent with other repos.
Solution: replace with .yaml templates matching cp.nvim/diffs.nvim
style. Bug report uses prerequisites checkboxes, checkhealth output,
modern lazy.nvim bootstrap with vim.g.oil pattern. Feature request
uses problem/solution/alternatives format. Add config.yaml to disable
blank issues and link discussions.
* docs: rewrite README
Problem: README contained upstream triage tables, severity dropdowns,
the old setup() pattern, a tree view question, and references to
stevearc/oil.nvim as the primary source.
Solution: full rewrite matching cp.nvim/diffs.nvim style with bold
tagline, features list, requirements, installation, documentation,
FAQ (lazy.nvim setup with vim.g.oil, migration guide, alternatives),
and acknowledgements crediting the original author.
* revert: remove Makefile
Problem: Makefile was added in b9279b5 but was previously deleted
intentionally.
Solution: remove it.
Problem: plenary.nvim is deprecated. The test suite depends on
plenary's async test runner and coroutine-based utilities, tying the
project to an unmaintained dependency. CI also tests against Neovim
0.8-0.11, which are no longer relevant.
Solution: replace plenary with busted + nlua (nvim -l). Convert all
async test patterns (a.wrap, a.util.sleep, a.util.scheduler) to
synchronous equivalents using vim.wait. Rename tests/ to spec/ to
follow busted convention. Replace the CI test matrix with
nvim-busted-action targeting stable/nightly only. Add .busted config,
luarocks test_dependencies, and update the nix devshell.
* build: replace luacheck with selene
Problem: luacheck is unmaintained (last release 2018) and required
suppressing four warning classes to avoid false positives. It also
lacks first-class vim/neovim awareness.
Solution: switch to selene with std='vim' for vim-aware linting.
Replace the luacheck CI job with selene, update the Makefile lint
target, and delete .luacheckrc.
* build: add nix devshell and pre-commit hooks
Problem: oil.nvim had no reproducible dev environment. The .envrc
set up a Python venv for the now-removed docgen pipeline, and there
were no pre-commit hooks for local formatting checks.
Solution: add flake.nix with stylua, selene, and prettier in the
devshell. Replace the stale Python .envrc with 'use flake'. Add
.pre-commit-config.yaml with stylua and prettier hooks matching
other plugins in the repo collection.
* fix: format with stylua
* build(selene): configure lints and add inline suppressions
Problem: selene fails on 5 errors and 3 warnings from upstream code
patterns that are intentional (mixed tables in config API, unused
callback parameters, identical if branches for readability).
Solution: globally allow mixed_table and unused_variable (high volume,
inherent to the codebase design). Add inline selene:allow directives
for the 8 remaining issues: if_same_then_else (4), mismatched_arg_count
(1), empty_if (2), global_usage (1). Remove .envrc from tracking.
* build: switch typecheck action to mrcjkb/lua-typecheck-action
Problem: oil.nvim used stevearc/nvim-typecheck-action, which required
cloning the action repo locally for the Makefile lint target. All
other plugins in the collection use mrcjkb/lua-typecheck-action.
Solution: swap to mrcjkb/lua-typecheck-action@v0 for consistency.
Remove the nvim-typecheck-action git clone from the Makefile and
.gitignore. Drop LuaLS from the local lint target since it requires
a full language server install — CI handles it.
Problem: oil.nvim had no luarocks rockspec, so users of rocks.nvim
and similar tools could not install it from the registry. The stylua
CI action was also pinned to an older version.
Solution: add scm-1 rockspec and a luarocks publish workflow that
gates on tests passing before publishing on version tags. Bump
stylua action from v2.0.2 to v2.1.0.
Closes: barrettruth/oil.nvim#14
* feat: support vim.g.oil declarative configuration
Problem: oil.nvim requires an imperative require("oil").setup(opts)
call to initialize. The Neovim ecosystem is moving toward vim.g.plugin
as a declarative config source that works without explicit setup calls.
Solution: fall back to vim.g.oil in config.setup() when no opts are
passed, and add plugin/oil.lua to auto-initialize when vim.g.oil is
set. Explicit setup(opts) calls still take precedence. Update docs
and add tests for the new resolution order.
Closes: barrettruth/oil.nvim#1
* build: remove release-please pipeline
Problem: the release-please action creates automated releases that
are not needed for this fork's workflow.
Solution: remove the release job from tests.yml and the
release-please branch exclusion from the review request workflow.
* fix(doc): improve readme phrasing
* doc: minor phrasing "improvements"
* ci: add luarocks release on tag push
Problem: there is no automated way to publish oil.nvim to luarocks
when a new version is tagged.
Solution: add a luarocks workflow that triggers on v* tag pushes,
runs the test suite via workflow_call, then publishes via
luarocks-tag-release. Add workflow_call trigger to tests.yml so it
can be reused.
* docs: centralize documentation into helpdoc
Problem: documentation was spread across four files (README.md,
doc/oil.txt, doc/api.md, doc/recipes.md) with duplication and gaps.
User events were undocumented, and adapter docs only lived in the
README.
Solution: expand doc/oil.txt with five new sections (introduction,
requirements, adapters, recipes, events) from existing content. Trim
README to a landing page pointing to :help oil. Delete doc/api.md
and doc/recipes.md since their content now lives in the helpdoc.
Closes: barrettruth/oil.nvim#6
* build: remove docgen pipeline
Problem: the Python docgen pipeline (scripts/generate.py,
scripts/main.py, nvim_doc_tools) was designed for upstream's doc
layout and is incompatible with the centralized helpdoc structure.
It overwrites doc/oil.txt entirely and expects sections in README.md
that no longer exist.
Solution: delete the pipeline scripts (generate.py, main.py,
requirements.txt), remove the update_docs CI job, and clean up the
Makefile and .gitignore references. Linting and typechecking remain
unchanged.
* docs: replace changelog with upstream divergence table in README
Problem: fork changes were not documented anywhere user-facing. The
auto-generated CHANGELOG.md tracked upstream releases, not fork
divergence.
Solution: delete CHANGELOG.md and add a collapsed <details> block to
README.md with two tables — cherry-picked PRs (by number, with commit
hashes) and triaged upstream issues (by number, with status and
resolution). This gives users a single place to see what the fork
offers over upstream.
* ci: add daily upstream PR mirror workflow
Problem: new upstream PRs required manual monitoring of
stevearc/oil.nvim to discover.
Solution: add a GitHub Actions workflow that runs daily at 08:00 UTC
and creates issues in the fork for any upstream PRs opened in the last
24 hours. Skips dependabot PRs and deduplicates by title prefix.
Issues are labeled upstream/pr for easy filtering.
Problem: the docgen workflow pushed directly to main, which is blocked
by repository rulesets. No token-based push from GitHub Actions can
bypass ruleset rules on personal repos.
Solution: replace the push step with a git diff --exit-code check that
fails if generated docs are out of date. Docs must now be committed by
the developer via make doc. Also regenerates docs to reflect batch 4
changes (close_float, OilFileIcon, OilExecutableHidden, recipe link).
Problem: the docgen workflow pushes to main using GITHUB_TOKEN, which
authenticates as github-actions[bot]. The bot cannot bypass repository
rulesets on personal repos, so the push is rejected by required PR,
status check, and signature rules.
Solution: prefer a PUSH_TOKEN secret (a PAT authenticated as the repo
admin, who has bypass permissions) with fallback to GITHUB_TOKEN so
the workflow does not break before the secret is created.
Problem: the fork used master as the default branch name.
Solution: rename to main and update all CI workflow triggers,
ref checks, and the pre-push hook fallback.
If you use oil and you want to still use netrw, set
`default_file_explorer = false`.
It is nonsensical to both use netrw _and_ have oil hijack directory
buffers (which was the case for the default config). It also causes
undefined behavior and bugs. When `default_file_explorer = true` (the
default) oil will now disable netrw for you.
