CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

1.0.0 (2025-02-17)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• simplify plugin.run
• re-implement cli with subcommands
• rename enable handler to cond
• add comment on no-single-branch
• allow keys to be a string list
• replace git -C with the cwd option (#303)
• insert paths separately to avoid splitting (#439)

fixup

• add comment on no-single-branch (d5cfbbd)
• allow keys to be a string list (6722c23)

Features

• add :Pckr log (4e3cbe2)
• Add :Pckr upgrade to upgrade pckr.nvim (fc584f2), closes #1
• add ability to detect when a different repo with a similar name is added (#340) (a7d5680)
• add another common breaking change tag pattern (0dbe2c7)
• add arguments to luarocks installation (a05e712)
• add autoremove option (#855) (327568c)
• add config_pre (773b3be)
• Add detection of "break:" tags in commits as breaking changes (6c75121)
• add newline after errors in failed updates (1f9acb3)
• Add option to specify use_rocks-style Luarocks in the table form of startup (#785) (dbfe2a3)
• add packer status (#267) (56c193d)
• Add PackerLoad command (#305) (0d4ca48)
• add retry option #253 (#348) (4595e59)
• add support for bind custom function to keys (7e87657)
• Add the windows installation command (#413) (40663b4)
• add threshold message (#984) (d3ecfb4)
• add very simple breaking change detection and marking (#511) (710b9bf)
• allow local plugins to update without fast-forward (b394bc1)
• allow run key to be a table of mixed types of hook (#364) (df0f740)
• allow spec.cond to be a boolean (5b10846)
• allow using other lazy loaders along with cond (#609) (755f7c4)
• auto install missing plugins (83c33bd)
• autogenerate profiling code for packer_compiled (#221) (93f440d)
• better logging (ea27cdb)
• cmd loader add range attribute (dd43515)
• cmd: load plugin during completion (330240e)
• compile: allow adding mapping descriptions (#985) (213ed03)
• compile: support lua files in after directory (#473) (09cc2d6)
• create singleton events/commands/keymaps for load handlers (c89092c)
• detect repo changes (#374) (e5b0a94)
• display: allow not showing info by default when displaying results (#1035) (ec327f5)
• display: big refactor (959b837)
• enable :PackerUpdate/Install/Sync to operate on specific plugins (#606) (a97cace)
• event: add desc (f7ad0c4)
• general overhaul (d795417)
• git: support showing diff of range of commits (#1034) (bc9ede4)
• hide shorten HOME in log files (ded4c00)
• improve logging (d166825)
• intial work on lockfile support (f3a7e8c)
• lazy load dependencies of condition loading plugin (0ab4370)
• make all plugins opt by default (a60ade7)
• make sure handlers destruct themselves when plugins are loaded (d91cb80)
• measure plugin config (fb4c7bb)
• more optimal branch checking (e9b3ffd)
• packer_status: show manually loaded plugins as loaded (#617) (5972ba5)
• pass display object to post-install/update hooks (5539072)
• preview: fully remove...for now (a916186)
• re-add PackerSync (66dd948)
• re-add spec.cond (6b4011d)
• re-add updates from --progress (2b513b4)
• re-implement cli with subcommands (deb9f5a)
• remove loadplugins optimization (66e36e3)
• remove snapshots (d412620)
• rename enable handler to cond (05807f1)
• rename spec.cond to spec.enable (52777e9)
• rework startup (7204795)
• simplify plugin.run (1aab514)
• simply re-issue the event for event cond load plugins (#29) (b02d02c)
• support for custom loaders via cond (a0e8e18)
• support updating local plugins with fast-forward (9ebe70f)
• treat "type!:" pattern as a breaking change (#1013) (a75339b)
• use floating windows for display (5e96785)
• use libuv instead of glob() (e676aa9)

Bug Fixes

• .gitattributes (412d3b1)
• :Pckr update {plugin} always updates all plugins (4b1fa67)
• 177: Pass --tree to luarocks (8e443f5)
• 184: Don't use "luarocks" as job name for simultaneously running jobs (race condition) (5dbcf8f)
• 199: ensure that Nvim cache directory exists before trying to log (f1a771b)
• 209: Don't update disabled plugins (75a2541)
• 239 (77cd1d1)
• 243 (02c3627)
• 273: Escape any backslashes in event pattern strings (#278) (ef3433e)
• 330: check for nil Luarocks tasks before inserting (f59d630)
• 334: Add mention of upvalues limitation to README (459a9d9)
• 354: use noautocmd in nvim_open_win call (3715ce4)
• 375: Schedule slow functions on main thread (#376) (3a969ed)
• 423 (#430) (42a0178)
• 465 (#466) (c1aa0c7)
• 469: Avoid re-running module loaders for lazy-loaded modules (#472) (d693133)
• 483: Ensure packer_plugins exists before iterating over it (959d4bd)
• 491: README dotfile dead links (#492) (df4c292)
• 5 (3fb8803)
• 551: failing to run command post hooks on Windows (#577) (4832383)
• 559: use manual counter update method (8bee5e4)
• 566: Run all post install/update hooks (#613) (0a2d8cb)
• 576 (39be2f5)
• 659: Allow space-separated strings of plugin names in packer.loader (#660) (ee4c5f2)
• 701: open display window if there are only Luarocks tasks (11df2e3)
• 714: Add sequencing constraints for simply-loaded predecessors (#715) (ff566d9)
• 802: Use correct path separator in finding plugin name (#807) (75d70d4)
• actions arg handling (2339bed)
• actually close stdio (6ed8fd9)
• Add --depth 1 flag to clone faster (#571) (60aac60)
• add missing lua file (236dafb)
• add nil check (d1d5534), closes #1164
• add vim.system compat for 0.9 (e9b59c4), closes #2
• always remove dirty plugins (e07ba64)
• ask_user() (0c676b2)
• async: support LuaJIT 5.2 compat (dec2361)
• check if a plugin given as a requirement is a single-specification table (#1041) (c11416c)
• Check if plugin name passed to load is valid (87980fc)
• checking shellslash on Linux throws an error (e24bf65)
• ci: resolve CI failures (#1016) (e000533)
• cli: check for subcommand (a1dcabe)
• Collect and forward command modifiers to lazy-load commands. (a340166)
• command complete issues (#27) (97c9d82)
• command completion (3aa10ae)
• compile: avoid override loaders of 'after' plugins (#917) (b2a9a45)
• compile: blank packer_compile error messages (#458) (f1446e0)
• compile: check plugin exists in table before indexing it (#572) (bfe4255)
• compile: forward command modifiers (#624) (a340166)
• compile: should check command strictly (#490) (b6a904b)
• config: escape brackets in open_cmd (#347) (b46aa48)
• configure the log level for both console and file output (fdf005f)
• correctly report removed plugins (ebf22f2)
• diffing commits (6d842e6)
• display when only window (f92f929)
• display: Apply package name after bool check (40b16d7)
• display: fix toggle (75727ed)
• display: setf should after content is loaded (#352) (c51be59)
• display: use close instead of pclose (#353) (af1a464)
• do not move tasks when toggling info (d7dab69)
• doc-floating-window (#519) (#520) (2794f07)
• doc: correct cmd() usage (5df032f)
• doc: rename packer.txt to pckr.txt (d943ee3), closes #8
• Document log level in vimdoc (92dcbe5)
• don't consider disabled plugins missing (#377) (d225a74)
• Don't duplicate URL in plugin info display on toggle (#682) (7f62848)
• Don't prevent grouped lazy-loads from completing due to config errors (5bca0eb)
• don't re-issue events (ffdd391), closes #1163
• Don't try to write to a nil file handle in logging (b495895)
• Fetch before checkout on git update (#582) (daec6c7)
• fix constant re-installation (6a30927)
• git ref handling (454f512)
• git: checkout branch (c5c9455)
• git: correct .git pattern from end url (#1027) (1fd4482)
• git: empty line between messages (#1040) (b356e38)
• git: get correct revision (b46a328)
• git: handle packed-refs (9ddfb34)
• git: put the cwd option in the right table (#453) (75de462)
• git: remove .git from end url only (#1023) (e7c9ca4)
• git: remove support for submodules (03bf97a)
• git: use vim.endswith to check git suffix (#1028) (3a9f980)
• gracefully handle non-existent branches (d9a2ced)
• handle cli plugin args (0072c29)
• handle rocks specified in a list of strings (0535c23)
• handle User events (8d0b8cf)
• hide destructors from status (143a38a)
• Ignore escape characters in timed_chunk compile sections (#397) (ebd194c)
• improve handling of different forms of PluginSpecs (8016b06), closes #15
• init extra (f5190b5)
• insert packages into rtp correctly (a32ae3a), closes #37
• insert paths separately to avoid splitting (#439) (191a871)
• insertion of after dir (fec5f0e), closes #3
• keys: make normal mode work better (2deedd8)
• load on specific keymap (28426ea)
• load plugin/ in autocmds before 'loadplugins' (23fd6a0), closes #33
• loader.event CATS (9a4a309)
• load: handle nil mods properly (#642) (257d6d3)
• loading of config and config_pre (c956d6f)
• lockfile: interrupt check (6bb1077)
• Log failure information if we can't install hererocks (4d71fe1)
• luarocks: rock metadata not passed in install (#974) (494fd59)
• luarocks: update hererocks url (#905) (9bb0b0f)
• luarocks: use lower string as package name (#857) (063f1c6)
• make sure plugin/* is loaded before plugin.run (02c7f26), closes #50
• misc fixes from overhaul (e5fb810)
• more typing (d2164e4)
• move github test workflow to root directory (#320) (b469f7b)
• move snapshot configuring to packer.init() (#846) (671076b)
• packer.lua: allow top level and required spec (#471) (00540a7)
• Path for Neovim runtime files was wrong in tests (a5f8858)
• Pckr clean (c1dcf54)
• plugin_utils: UpdateRemotePlugins is complaining (#333) (bc6feab)
• prevent incorrect cleaning of packages (ef26f67)
• profile: more tweaking (2293d16)
• README bootstrap error (fixes #742) (#1036) (a65384d)
• README.md: refer to the correct noautocmd PR (#404) (4012bd4)
• README: correct cmd() usage (fc8afa3), closes #11
• remove debug line (0b45846)
• remove print (40c4193)
• remove unnecessary vim.tbl_islist checks (46070c0)
• remove unused option git.depth (897ee8f)
• resize display on VimResized (82786d4)
• resolve * tags properly (b84aad1), closes #39
• resolve dead references (ff1bf53), closes #52
• Restore Neovim 0.9.5 compatibility (812b914)
• rework how missing/dirty plugins are handled (5e3a9ac)
• run plugins configs in plugin/ (ade6edc)
• sanitize dead links (764570c)
• spec.cond (5b874d8)
• status: package names with bools should be highlighted correctly (712dfa0)
• status: update checking (4c0ba67)
• string.fmt -> string.format (#222) (daee78c)
• sync upstream changes to vim.system (4588c02)
• tag resolution (3554de2)
• tweak winhighlight in float (8202d36)
• typing (b79833c)
• typo (10aff1a)
• update: error message when unknown plugin is provided (#1047) (50aeb90)
• update: Validate local symlinks on update (#1015) (2b0af3b)
• use escaped mappings for compiled keymaps (#989) (52be273)
• use of try_loadstring vs. bytecode for config, setup, and cond (5a24836)
• use packer.load for plugins loaded via cond (#390) (a1bb9e8)
• Use try_loadstring in plugin config (#204) (a2a9a61)
• use vim.notify in packer.log (#1044) (594662d)
• vim.system issues (d115b43)

Performance Improvements

• compile: optimize the startup time of compile file (#494) (11b5f58)
• copy some optimisations from lazy.nvim (be45d6f)

Reverts

• compile: remove changes to add mapping descriptions (afab895)

Code Refactoring

• replace git -C with the cwd option (#303) (0ecacee)