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feat: use ts-install.nvim to automatically install parsers
tpwo Mar 17, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into add-ts-install
tpwo Mar 20, 2026
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Define `ensure_installed` and allow to extend it by the user
tpwo Mar 20, 2026
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20 changes: 18 additions & 2 deletions init.lua
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Expand Up @@ -874,8 +874,6 @@ require('lazy').setup({
branch = 'main',
-- [[ Configure Treesitter ]] See `:help nvim-treesitter-intro`
config = function()
local parsers = { 'bash', 'c', 'diff', 'html', 'lua', 'luadoc', 'markdown', 'markdown_inline', 'query', 'vim', 'vimdoc' }
require('nvim-treesitter').install(parsers)
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
callback = function(args)
local buf, filetype = args.buf, args.match
Expand All @@ -899,6 +897,24 @@ require('lazy').setup({
})
end,
},
{ -- Automatically install Treesitter parsers for languages you encounter.

-- NOTE: This plugin is a convenience feature and is not strictly necessary for
-- regular use. If you prefer, you can remove it and install parsers manually
-- directly with treesitter using `require('nvim-treesitter').install()`.
'lewis6991/ts-install.nvim',
dependencies = { 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter' },
config = function()
local ensure_installed = { 'bash', 'c', 'diff', 'html', 'lua', 'luadoc', 'markdown', 'markdown_inline', 'query', 'vim', 'vimdoc' }
vim.list_extend(ensure_installed, {
-- You can add other parsers here that you want to be always installed
})
require('ts-install').setup {
ensure_install = ensure_installed,
auto_install = true,
}
end,
},

-- The following comments only work if you have downloaded the kickstart repo, not just copy pasted the
-- init.lua. If you want these files, they are in the repository, so you can just download them and
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