neovim lua config can't install plugins when there's an error.

• packer.nvim

  180 7,591 3.4 Lua

  A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config

I'm using packer.nvim as my plugin manager and I have the bootstrapping function the show on the repo. The problem that I'm facing is that if a put my nvim config files in a new machine, I can see nvim downloading packer just fine but then if I try to install the plugins with something like nvim --headless +PackerInstall +qall (or just opening nvim and running :PackerInstall) it gives errors because my config is calling functions and a colorscheme that doesn't exist yet since those plugins aren't installed. And I wasn't even able to edit my init.lua to stop requiring all the files with the plugins because it wouldn't even let me save a file, I literally had to go and install a different text editor, then edit my init.lua, save it and finally I was able to run :PackerInstall. I don't want to go through all of that every time I put my configs in a new machine.

• vim-plug

  138 33,193 7.0 Vim Script

  :hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager

When I was using vim-plug as my plugin manager I was able to run nvim --headless +PlugInstall +qall in a script I had to install my configs in a new machine. It didn't matter if my config was calling plugins or a colorscheme that didn't exist, that wasn't a problem. It just installed everything without issues.

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• nvim-lspconfig

  523 9,516 9.7 Lua

  Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

  

• nyx

  13 135 8.9 Lua

  ⚙️Nix[OS] Configuration

I created a wrapper around packer commands that uses vim.wait. I can either call this sync command on the command line nvim +PackerInstallSync +qa or during initialization check if packer.nvim folder is in the packpath and it not then clone packer and call the sync version of install. Sync wrapper and Packer bootstrapping

• doot

  1 0 7.8 Shell

Hi, I have been facing the same problem after migration. Here is how i solved it: https://github.com/krnik/doot/blob/master/nvim/init.lua

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