[NvChad] How to make the passed-in folder argument as root, instead of the current directory where nvim is launched from?

[ugoa]

Currently I am at ~/work folder and there is a polars project under it:

~/work $ ls
polars

When I run:

~/work $ nvim polars

It always take ~/work as root, instead of ~/work/polars/ as I wanted.

Here is what is happening:

Here is what I expect:

And here is my configurations, inherited from NVChad:

local options = {
  filters = {
    dotfiles = false,
    exclude = { vim.fn.stdpath "config" .. "/lua/custom" },
  },
  disable_netrw = true,
  hijack_netrw = true,
  hijack_cursor = true,
  hijack_unnamed_buffer_when_opening = false,
  sync_root_with_cwd = true,
  update_focused_file = {
    enable = true,
    update_root = false,
  },
  view = {
    adaptive_size = false,
    side = "left",
    width = 30,
    preserve_window_proportions = true,
  },
  git = {
    enable = false,
    ignore = true,
  },
  filesystem_watchers = {
    enable = true,
  },
  actions = {
    open_file = {
      resize_window = true,
    },
  },
  renderer = {
    root_folder_label = false,
    highlight_git = false,
    highlight_opened_files = "none",

    indent_markers = {
      enable = false,
    },

    icons = {
      show = {
        file = true,
        folder = true,
        folder_arrow = true,
        git = false,
      },

      glyphs = {
        default = "󰈚",
        symlink = "",
        folder = {
          default = "",
          empty = "",
          empty_open = "",
          open = "",
          symlink = "",
          symlink_open = "",
          arrow_open = "",
          arrow_closed = "",
        },
        git = {
          unstaged = "✗",
          staged = "✓",
          unmerged = "",
          renamed = "➜",
          untracked = "★",
          deleted = "",
          ignored = "◌",
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

return options

[ugoa]

Nvim Version

NVIM v0.9.1
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
    vimrc: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
    $VIM: "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/neovim/0.9.1/share/nvim"

[alex-courtis]

When you start nvim its cwd is the directory in which it is opened, ~/work in your case. nvim-tree will simply present that cwd.

Fortunately, you can easily change this behaviour, as I do. See Open For Directories And Change Neovim's Directory

[ugoa]

Thank you. I follow the link and it worked.

I am using NvChad and here is what config I added in case anyone is wondering.

In ~/.config/nvim/lua/custom/init.lua:

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("VimEnter", {
  callback = function(data)
    local directory = vim.fn.isdirectory(data.file) == 1

    if not directory then
      return
    end

    -- change to the directory
    vim.cmd.cd(data.file)

    -- open the tree
    require("nvim-tree.api").tree.open()
  end,
})

[alex-courtis]

Today I learned of the existence of nvchad