From 88d5156546d33f278ab654c1241ab3b882f00237 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Natasha Moongrave <natasha@256phi.eu>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 17:58:43 +0100
Subject: updated nvim-tree to properly not display .gitignored files

---
 modules/home/i3wm/nord-blue/nvim.nix | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

(limited to 'modules/home/i3wm/nord-blue')

diff --git a/modules/home/i3wm/nord-blue/nvim.nix b/modules/home/i3wm/nord-blue/nvim.nix
index 87bfbef..b3bde1b 100644
--- a/modules/home/i3wm/nord-blue/nvim.nix
+++ b/modules/home/i3wm/nord-blue/nvim.nix
@@ -146,44 +146,57 @@
       -- NVIM-TREE
       -------------------------------------------------
       require("nvim-tree").setup({
-        view = { width = 30, side = "left" },
-
-        renderer = { group_empty = true },
-
-        filters = {
-          dotfiles = false,
-          git_ignored = true,
-        },
-
-        git = {
-          enable = true,
-          ignore = true,
-        },
-
-        on_attach = function(bufnr)
-          local api = require("nvim-tree.api")
-
-          local function opts(desc)
-            return {
-              desc = "nvim-tree: " .. desc,
-              buffer = bufnr,
-              noremap = true,
-              silent = true,
-              nowait = true,
-            }
+      view = {
+        width = 30,
+        side = "left",
+      },
+
+      renderer = {
+        group_empty = true,
+        highlight_git = true,    -- git highlighting
+      },
+
+      filters = {
+        dotfiles = false,
+        git_ignored = true,      -- hide .gitignore files
+      },
+
+      git = {
+        enable = true,
+        ignore = true,           -- respect .gitignore
+      },
+
+      update_focused_file = {
+        enable = true,
+        update_cwd = true,
+      },
+
+      respect_buf_cwd = true,    -- relative to project root
+
+      on_attach = function(bufnr)
+        local api = require("nvim-tree.api")
+
+        local function opts(desc)
+          return {
+            desc = "nvim-tree: " .. desc,
+            buffer = bufnr,
+            noremap = true,
+            silent = true,
+            nowait = true,
+          }
+        end
+
+        api.config.mappings.default_on_attach(bufnr)
+
+        -- open file in new tab
+        vim.keymap.set("n", "t", function()
+          local node = api.tree.get_node_under_cursor()
+          if node and node.type == "file" then
+            vim.cmd("tabnew " .. node.absolute_path)
           end
-
-          api.config.mappings.default_on_attach(bufnr)
-
-          -- open file in new tab
-          vim.keymap.set("n", "t", function()
-            local node = api.tree.get_node_under_cursor()
-            if node and node.type == "file" then
-              vim.cmd("tabnew " .. node.absolute_path)
-            end
-          end, opts("Open in new tab"))
-        end,
-      })
+        end, opts("Open in new tab"))
+      end,
+    })
 
       vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>e", "<cmd>NvimTreeToggle<CR>")
 
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