Where is my executable?

Warning

This plugin should be considered pre-alpha

(and doesn't actually exist yet! See "Tasks" below)

Efficiently find executables (such as eslint or flake8) in mono-repos for other nvim plugins (like conform and nvim-lint).

Correctly supports poetry (.venv) and JavaScript/TypeScript/etc. (node_modules). Please submit an issue to request additional languages.

Example

In the below example eslint (A) would be found for file-A.ts while eslint (B) would be found for file-B.js. The benefit is that any locally-installed eslint plugins and the specific eslint version are scoped to the files within that directory. In the same fashion, flake8 is found for file.py; however any files in Git Root/*.* would use the system-wide flake8 or eslint binary (if it is installed) because there is no local version within the git directory.

- Git Root and/or NVIM project root
    - ProjectA
        - node_modules/.bin/eslint (A)
        - src/file-A.ts
    - ProjectB
        - node_modules/.bin/eslint (B)
        - src/file-B.js
    - Project C
        - .venv/bin/flake8
        - src/file.py

Usage

Note

Need to provide guidance on configuring for LazyVim

For now, locally test with:

{
  dir = "~/Developer/kyleking/find-relative-executable.nvim",
  name = "find-relative-executable",
  -- options = {}, -- PLANNED: This should be all that is needed
  config = function ()
      require("find-relative-executable").setup()
  end
}

local where_is_my_executable = require("where_is_my_executable")
where_is_my_executable.find("eslint") -- Uses the currently visible buffer

-- Or provide your own path
where_is_my_executable.find("flake8", vim.fn.getcwd() .. "some/path/file.py")

Tasks

• Initialize plugin based on template and document local testing with LazyVim
• Document integration with conform and nvim-lint using LazyVim
• Implement test framework
• Generate Vim Documentation
• Link related plugins (if any?) or document other alternatives