People who swear by Oil.nvim , why?

• oil.nvim

  21 2,690 9.0 Lua

  Neovim file explorer: edit your filesystem like a buffer

Hello, i've tried Oil.nvim and liked it , but when people talk about it , in general questions about FileTrees and File Browsers people really swear by Oil.nvim and got me wondering,what am i missing?

• mini.files

  3 148 7.2 Lua

  Navigate and manipulate file system. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.

For me I think it’s the best at what it does (with mini.files coming in a close second. It would probably be my first, but I prefer the whole buffer approach over the floating popups.) I’ve tried dirbuf.nvim as well, but I didn’t like that I couldn’t copy/move files.

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• dirbuf.nvim

  23 421 0.0 Lua

  A file manager for Neovim which lets you edit your filesystem like you edit text

For me I think it’s the best at what it does (with mini.files coming in a close second. It would probably be my first, but I prefer the whole buffer approach over the floating popups.) I’ve tried dirbuf.nvim as well, but I didn’t like that I couldn’t copy/move files.

• mini.pick

  1 27 7.6 Lua

  Pick anything. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.

As for file trees I find that having one promotes the use of it and I think thats an anti-pattern when working with vim/neovim. Tools like telescope, fzf and mini.pick are much better suited for quickly finding what you need and then getting out of your way.

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