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November 19, 2025 15:06
… config upload - Add install_nvim_policy config option: "prompt", "relax", "always", "global" - "prompt": ask user for installation location during setup - "relax": install only if nvim not executable (install to remote_nvim_home) - "always": always install to remote_nvim_home - "global": install to ~/.local/bin if not executable - Add upload_config_policy config option for config upload behavior - "never": never upload config - "prompt": always ask user using config_copy variable - "relax": skip if exists and don't use NVIM_APPNAME, upload with NVIM_APPNAME if not exists - "always": always upload with NVIM_APPNAME - "global": upload to nvim dir if not exists without NVIM_APPNAME - Improve remote Neovim detection and installation logic - Update installation script to support new policy flags - Add tests for new policy-based configuration upload preferences
…urable search paths - Add `search_binary_pathes` config option for specifying additional paths to search for nvim binary when install_policy is "relax" - Refactor provider logic to detect and use existing nvim binary on remote - Store detected binary path in `remote_binary` and use it for subsequent operations
- Add 'source .profile;' etc. before starting nvim to be able to set PATH etc.
…urable search paths - Add `search_binary_pathes` config option for specifying additional paths to search for nvim binary when install_policy is "relax" - Refactor provider logic to detect and use existing nvim binary on remote - Store detected binary path in `remote_binary` and use it for subsequent operations
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First, thank you for this excellent plugin.
I suggest about improving neovim binary installation and update config.
Currently, this plugin installs the Neovim binary and uploads the config when connecting to a new remote.
However, when the target host is under our control, it likely already has an
nvimcommand and a config under$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim.Therefore, I’ve improved the plugin to reuse those existing installations and configurations instead of reinstalling or reuploading them.
To handle remotes without nvim, I added three policies:
The binary installation and config upload policies can now be configured independently.
In SSH sessions, only system-wide Neovim is available.
To handle hosts without nvim, I added
search_binary_pathsto scan for local binaries and use the absolute path of whichever nvim is found.Additionally, when connecting over SSH the shell may not source files like .bash_profile, so environment variables are not set properly and we can’t use command outside the system.
This can be worked around by piping
.bash_profilebefore running nvim.I added
launch_cmd_prefixso users can prepend custom commands to run before launching nvim.