dbt.nvim

A neovim plugin for dbt. Still very much work-in-progress. Requires nvim-lua/plenary.nvim, telescope.nvim, nvim-notify and Neovim +5.0.

Features

• jump to model file from {{ ref() }}
• jump to model file from definition in yaml schema file
• select model file to jump to from Telescope fuzzy finder (DBTGoToDefinition)
• insert model ref from fuzzy finder (DBTInsertModelRef)
• jump to model properties in .yml file
  • use treesitter to parse model names and line numbers from .yaml file
  • crawl all .yml files looking for model name
• jump to source definition (in yaml).
  • use treesitter to parse source table names and line numbers from .yaml file
  • crawl all .yml files looking for source table name
  • update DBTGoToDefinition to jump to source .yml if {{ source() }} specified
  • look at https://github.com/cuducos/yaml.nvim
• view model columns and definitions in floating window
• view source columns and definitions in floating window
• run model from model file
• run tests for model from model file
• make vim help for plugin

Installation with Packer

return require("packer").startup(
   function()
        use {
            "cfmeyers/dbt.nvim",
            requires = {
                "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
                "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
                "rcarriga/nvim-notify",
            },
        }
    end
)

Command

DBTGoToDefinition

Jumps to the /models/nested/directories/your_model_name.sql file where {{ ref(your_model_name) }} is defined. Suggested remap in nvim/after/ftplugin/sql:

nnoremap <buffer> gd :DBTGoToDefinition<CR>

DBTTelescopeJumpToModelFile

Open a the Telescope fuzzy file picker to select model file to jump to.

DBTInsertModelRef

Select a model name from a fuzzy finder and insert it into a Jinja {{ ref('') }} tag.

Suggested remap in nvim/after/ftplugin/sql:

inoremap <buffer> rrr <C-O>:DBTInsertModelRef<CR>