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Summary

  • Replace lazy.nvim plugin manager with native vim.pack (Neovim 0.12), rewriting plugin loading in config/nvim/lua/config/pack.lua and plugins.lua
  • Migrate nvim-treesitter + nvim-treesitter-textobjects to their main-branch APIs
  • Swap the snacks dashboard footer from lazy.stats to a pack.get plugin count
  • Rename plugin spec files to kebab-case (e.g. oil.nvim.luaoil-nvim.lua) and add NVIM_PACK.md documenting the migration

Test plan

  • nix flake check passes
  • darwin-rebuild switch --flake . succeeds
  • Launch nvim: dashboard renders, plugin count shows, no lazy.nvim references
  • Treesitter highlighting + textobjects (af, if, etc.) work
  • blink.cmp completion, oil, snacks, which-key, gitsigns, conform, and DAP all load

Drop lazy.nvim in favor of Neovim 0.12's built-in vim.pack. Add a thin
dispatcher in lua/config/pack.lua with helpers (now, later, on_ft,
on_cmd, on_keys) so plugins can still be lazy-loaded by filetype, key,
command, or deferred to UIEnter.

Plugin files now return { src, trigger, deps, setup } specs and are
ordered explicitly in lua/config/plugins.lua (kanagawa first, treesitter
before textobjects). Dotted filenames (oil.nvim.lua, blink.cmp.lua,
lazydev.nvim.lua, mini.splitjoin.lua) renamed to hyphenated so require's
dot-as-path-separator doesn't hide them.

Lazy triggers: lazydev on FileType=lua, which-key + treesitter-context
on UIEnter, nvim-dap on first keypress. :TSUpdate now runs via the
PackChanged autocmd.

Drop lazy-lock.json symlink from the home-manager neovim module.
The upstream default branch is now `main`, a full rewrite that drops
`nvim-treesitter.configs` and the `highlight/indent/ensure_installed`
setup table. Migrate rather than pin to legacy master.

- treesitter.lua: use require("nvim-treesitter").install + a FileType
  autocmd that calls vim.treesitter.start() and sets indentexpr.
- treesitter-textobjects.lua: use the new per-module select/swap API
  (require("nvim-treesitter-textobjects.select").select_textobject etc.)
  with explicit keymaps. The old `keymaps =` table form is gone.
- Drop incremental_selection (<Enter>/<Backspace>): not provided by the
  main branch and not built into Neovim 0.12.
@kriswill kriswill merged commit 6148abd into main Apr 24, 2026
kriswill added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 29, 2026
nix-darwin has no programs.* for most of these tools, so port them the way
the rest of the repo already does (cf. tmux/zsh/yazi): static config lives in
the stow tree (home/) and the /nix/store-derived bits are generated and linked
during activation. The shell integrations (fzf/zoxide/direnv/hstr) already live
in the stow zshrc, so only the FZF_* env vars needed re-adding there.

Moved out of modules/home-manager/core.nix (now deleted) into system-level
modules/darwin/<feature>.nix + home/<pkg> stow packages:

  git/gh      modules/darwin/git.nix         + home/git, home/gh (bare-name
                                                helpers, no stale store paths)
  ssh         modules/darwin/ssh.nix         + home/ssh
  zk          modules/darwin/zk.nix
  diffnav     modules/darwin/diffnav.nix     installs a delta wrapped with the
                                              kanagawa theme (matches HM's
                                              finalPackage; diffnav bundles its
                                              own delta and is unaffected)
  kitty       modules/darwin/kitty.nix       + home/kitty
  neovide     modules/darwin/neovide.nix     toggle only; pkg is per-host
  direnv      modules/darwin/direnv.nix      + home/direnv; nix-direnv stdlib
                                              linked into ~/.config/direnv/lib
  direnv-nom  modules/darwin/direnv-nom.nix  nom wrapper generated + linked
  htop        modules/darwin/htop.nix        immutable htoprc generated + linked
  qmd-sqlite  modules/darwin/qmd-sqlite.nix  extension-enabled sqlite (hiPrio so
                                              it wins the sqlite3 collision with
                                              neovim's plain sqlite) + qmd link
  bat jq nix-index lazygit rmpc fzf go nodejs_24 yamlfmt -> user-packages.nix
  FZF_* env vars -> home/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc

The home-manager master `kriswill.enable` toggle and core.nix were removed;
home-manager stays wired only for the GUI/per-host modules (brave, firefox,
vscode, podman-desktop, claude-account-selector). All three host configs build
(nix flake check) and the HM->stow config handoff is clean (the old HM configs
were store symlinks HM removes on switch, then stow/activation redeploys).

flake.lock: `nix flake update` bumps nixpkgs, home-manager and yazi-plugins.
This is a closure no-op for host k -- the new lock evaluates to the identical
darwin-system derivation (verified: same .drv d15di5x4..., same output
axiznxg2...). It is included so future builds and the other hosts track the
newer inputs.

nvd diff -- previous generation (system-184, pre-migration) -> this commit's
closure (== the running gen-185 system). The Selection-state / Added / Removed
sections are this port (note the hm_* generated configs removed and the
delta-wrapped/delta-config -> delta-kanagawa swap); the Version changes are the
already-committed af761b8 nixpkgs bump that the pre-port generation had not yet
realized.

<<< /nix/store/7kx6ii60i6fwp4gsn4l987r9klgwd909-darwin-system-26.11.a1fa429
>>> /nix/store/axiznxg2fgby564shlpxjkjp208wa6p8-darwin-system-26.11.a1fa429
Version changes:
[U*]  #1  buf                           1.70.0 -> 1.71.0
[U.]  #2  expat                         2.8.0 -> 2.8.1
[U*]  #3  fastfetch                     2.64.2, 2.64.2-man -> 2.65.1, 2.65.1-man
[U.]  #4  ffmpeg-headless               8.1-bin, 8.1-data, 8.1-lib -> 8.1.1-bin, 8.1.1-data, 8.1.1-lib
[U.]  #5  fftw-double                   3.3.10 -> 3.3.11
[U*]  #6  fish                          4.7.1, 4.7.1-doc -> 4.8.0, 4.8.0-doc
[U.]  #7  freetype                      2.14.2 -> 2.14.3
[U+]  #8  gh                            2.94.0 -> 2.95.0
[U*]  #9  ghostscript                   10.07.0, 10.07.0-fonts, 10.07.0-man -> 10.07.1, 10.07.1-fonts, 10.07.1-man
[U*]  #10  go                            1.26.3 -> 1.26.4
[U.]  #11  icu4c                         76.1, 76.1-dev -> 78.3, 78.3-dev
[U.]  #12  ijs                           10.07.0 -> 10.07.1
[U*]  #13  imagemagick                   7.1.2-23 -> 7.1.2-24
[U.]  #14  just                          1.51.0, 1.51.0-man -> 1.54.0, 1.54.0-man
[U.]  #15  krb5                          1.22.1-lib -> 1.22.2-lib
[U.]  #16  libde265                      1.0.18 -> 1.1.1
[U.]  #17  libgcrypt                     1.11.2-lib -> 1.12.2-lib
[U.]  #18  libheif                       1.21.2-lib -> 1.23.0-lib
[U.]  #19  libpng-apng                   1.6.56 -> 1.6.58
[U*]  #20  libxml2                       2.15.2, 2.15.2-bin -> 2.15.3, 2.15.3-bin
[U*]  #21  lua-language-server           3.18.1 -> 3.18.2
[D.]  #22  nix                           2.34.7+1 x2 -> 2.34.7 x2
[D.]  #23  nix-cmd                       2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[D.]  #24  nix-expr                      2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[D.]  #25  nix-fetchers                  2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[D.]  #26  nix-flake                     2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[D.]  #27  nix-main                      2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[D.]  #28  nix-store                     2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[D.]  #29  nix-util                      2.34.7+1 -> 2.34.7
[U*]  #30  nodejs                        24.15.0 -> 24.16.0
[C.]  #31  nodejs-slim                   22.22.3, 24.15.0, 24.15.0-corepack, 24.15.0-npm -> 22.23.1, 24.16.0, 24.16.0-corepack, 24.16.0-npm
[U.]  #32  openapv                       0.2.1.2 -> 0.2.1.3
[U.]  #33  openexr                       3.4.10 -> 3.4.11
[U.]  #34  podman                        5.8.2, 5.8.2-man -> 5.8.3, 5.8.3-man
[U.]  #35  publicsuffix-list             0-unstable-2026-03-26 -> 0-unstable-2026-05-13
[U.]  #36  rsync                         3.4.1 -> 3.4.4
[U*]  #37  rumdl                         0.2.16 -> 0.2.21
[U.]  #38  simdjson                      4.6.0 -> 4.6.4
[C*]  #39  sqlite                        3.51.2 x2, 3.51.2-bin x2, 3.51.2-dev, 3.51.2-man x2 -> 3.51.2 x2, 3.51.2-bin x2, 3.51.2-dev, 3.51.2-man
[U.]  #40  unbound                       1.25.0-lib -> 1.25.1-lib
[U.]  #41  uv                            0.11.19 -> 0.11.22
[D*]  #42  vscode-langservers-extracted  4.10.0 -> 1.121.03429
Selection state changes:
[C+]  #1  direnv   2.37.1
[C+]  #2  git-lfs  3.7.1
[C+]  #3  htop     3.5.1, 3.5.1-man
[C+]  #4  kitty    0.47.4, 0.47.4-terminfo
Added packages:
[A+]  #1  delta-kanagawa                                   <none>
[A.]  #2  delta-kanagawa.gitconfig                         <none>
[A.]  #3  fastfetch-unwrapped                              2.65.1, 2.65.1-man
[A.]  #4  home-manager-agent-domains                       <none>
[A.]  #5  org.nix-community.home.claude-config-dir.domain  <none>
[A.]  #6  zz-nom-wrapper.sh                                <none>
Removed packages:
[R.]  #1  delta-config                 <none>
[R.]  #2  delta-wrapped                <none>
[R.]  #3  direnv-config                <none>
[R.]  #4  empty-directory              <none>
[R.]  #5  gh-config.yml                <none>
[R.]  #6  hm_.sshconfig                <none>
[R.]  #7  hm_direnvlibzznomwrapper.sh  <none>
[R.]  #8  hm_gitallowed_signers        <none>
[R.]  #9  hm_gitconfig                 <none>
[R.]  #10  hm_gitignore                 <none>
[R.]  #11  hm_kanagawa.conf             <none>
[R.]  #12  hm_kittydiff.conf            <none>
[R.]  #13  hm_kittykitty.conf           <none>
[R.]  #14  yyjson                       0.12.0
Closure size: 624 -> 616 (611 paths added, 619 paths removed, delta -8, disk usage -53.1MiB).
kriswill added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 29, 2026
…abled modules

Continues the home-manager retirement. The two remaining *enabled* HM modules
move to system-level darwin modules; the three disabled, unused ones are
deleted. modules/home-manager/ is now empty (the bridge in modules/home.nix and
the home-manager flake input are kept, per request, so HM still supplies
hm-session-vars.sh / TERMINFO_DIRS).

- podman-desktop -> modules/darwin/podman-desktop.nix (toggle) + the
  home/podman-desktop stow tree. The two mkOutOfStoreSymlink configs
  (containers.conf and the GUI app's settings.json) move into the stow tree;
  the normalize-podman-settings git filter follows in .gitattributes. enable
  moves to the darwin block on hosts k and SOC.
- claude-account-selector -> modules/darwin/claude-account-selector/. The
  generated zsh snippet (host rules prepended to wrapper.zsh) is built with
  writeText and linked during activation -- byte-identical to the old HM output
  -- ccglass is installed system-wide, and the desktop-app pin uses nix-darwin
  launchd.user.agents in place of home-manager's launchd.agents. Config moves to
  the darwin kriswill block on k (literal paths replace config.home.homeDirectory).
- brave / firefox / vscode deleted: disabled and unused, and they rely on
  home-manager's programs.* generators that nix-darwin has no equivalent for
  (recoverable from git history if ever wanted).
- modules/home.nix guards `config.flake.modules.homeManager or { }` so it still
  resolves now that flake-parts' lazyAttrsOf drops the empty homeManager class.

nix flake check passes for k, mini, SOC. The generated claude snippet and the
podman configs were verified identical to the home-manager output before switch.

nvd diff -- previous generation (system-185) -> this commit (system-186, now
active). The hm_* removals are the podman configs and the claude wrapper snippet
moving off home-manager; ccglass moves from the HM per-user profile into the
system profile; the launchd agent is re-created under the org.nixos.* label.

<<< /nix/store/axiznxg2fgby564shlpxjkjp208wa6p8-darwin-system-26.11.a1fa429
>>> /run/current-system
Selection state changes:
[C+]  #1  ccglass  1.0.0
Added packages:
[A.]  #1  claude-account-selector.zsh        <none>
[A.]  #2  org.nixos.claude-config-dir.plist  <none>
Removed packages:
[R.]  #1  hm_containers.conf                               <none>
[R.]  #2  hm_podmandesktopsettings.json                    <none>
[R.]  #3  hm_zshclaudeaccountselector.zsh                  <none>
[R.]  #4  org.nix-community.home.claude-config-dir.domain  <none>
[R.]  #5  org.nix-community.home.claude-config-dir.plist   <none>
Closure size: 616 -> 613 (18 paths added, 21 paths removed, delta -3, disk usage -1.1KiB).
kriswill added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 29, 2026
Completes the migration. The home-manager bridge, flake input, and the last
runtime hook are gone; the repo is now pure nix-darwin + the GNU Stow tree under
home/.

- flake.nix: drop the home-manager input (flake.lock: removed the home-manager
  and home-manager/nixpkgs nodes).
- modules/home.nix deleted -- the darwin <- home-manager bridge.
- modules/darwin/core.nix: drop pkgs.home-manager from environment.systemPackages.
- home/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc: drop the hm-session-vars.sh source line.
- AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md updated to describe a darwin-only repo (no home.nix, no
  modules/home-manager/, no mkOutOfStoreSymlink mechanism).

Terminfo is unaffected -- the one real risk. nix-darwin's own set-environment
already exports the full TERMINFO_DIRS (the Ghostty.app bundle, the per-user and
system nix profiles, and /usr/share/terminfo), so xterm-kitty (in the system
profile's share/terminfo) and xterm-ghostty (Ghostty's bundle) still resolve
without the home-manager session-vars line. Verified with infocmp.

nix flake check passes for k, mini, SOC.

nvd diff -- previous generation (system-186, home-manager present) -> this commit
(system-187, now active). Removes the entire home-manager apparatus plus the deps
nothing else in the closure used (man-db, groff, diffutils, inetutils,
libpipeline).

<<< /nix/store/gf8hnm6w88ng2kajiy4x5n29k55nq0wz-darwin-system-26.11.a1fa429
>>> /run/current-system
Removed packages:
[R.]  #1  activation-k                             <none>
[R.]  #2  check-link-targets.sh                    <none>
[R.]  #3  cleanup                                  <none>
[R.]  #4  diffutils                                3.12
[R.]  #5  groff                                    1.24.1
[R.]  #6  hm-modules-messages                      <none>
[R.]  #7  hm-session-vars.sh                       <none>
[R.]  #8  hm_LibraryFonts.homemanagerfontsversion  <none>
[R.]  #9  hm_Usersk.cache.keep                     <none>
[R.]  #10  hm_Usersk.localstate.keep                <none>
[R-]  #11  home-manager                             0-unstable-2026-04-24
[R.]  #12  home-manager-agent-domains               <none>
[R.]  #13  home-manager-agents                      <none>
[R.]  #14  home-manager-applications                <none>
[R.]  #15  home-manager-files                       <none>
[R.]  #16  home-manager-fonts                       <none>
[R.]  #17  home-manager-generation                  <none>
[R.]  #18  home-manager-path                        <none>
[R.]  #19  home-manager-source                      <none>
[R.]  #20  home-manager.sh                          <none>
[R.]  #21  inetutils                                2.7
[R.]  #22  libpipeline                              1.5.8
[R.]  #23  link                                     <none>
[R.]  #24  man-db                                   2.13.1
[R.]  #25  nixos-option                             <none>
[R.]  #26  nixos-option.nix                         <none>
Closure size: 613 -> 587 (6 paths added, 32 paths removed, delta -26, disk usage -20.7MiB).
kriswill added a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 1, 2026
nixpkgs' podman derivation set meta.platforms = lib.platforms.linux, so it
refuses to evaluate on aarch64-darwin and breaks every rebuild that pulls it
into a profile. Rather than override the meta, package the official upstream
release binary.

pkgs/podman.nix fetches podman-remote-release-darwin_arm64.zip as a fixed-
output derivation (fetchzip) and installs the adhoc-signed Mach-O binaries
verbatim (dontFixup keeps the signature valid; deps are all system libs).
overlays/podman.nix replaces pkgs.podman with it, so the host package lists
need no changes.

Note: the upstream zip is the remote client only -- it does not bundle the
gvproxy/krunkit/libkrun helpers nixpkgs' podman propagated on darwin (see the
Removed packages below). `podman machine` user-mode networking may need
gvproxy provided separately.

nvd diff, previous generation -> current (195 -> 196). This generation switch
also carried the concurrent flake-lock bump and the codebase-memory-mcp rename,
committed separately:

    <<< /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-195-link
    >>> /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-196-link
    Version changes:
    [U*]  #1  cbm-tools            0.8.1 -> 0.8.1-nix
    [U*]  #2  codebase-memory-mcp  0.8.1 -> 0.8.1-nix
    [U.]  #3  podman               5.8.3, 5.8.3-man -> 6.0.0
    [U*]  #4  tmux                 3.6a, 3.6a-man -> 3.7, 3.7-man
    [U.]  #5  uv                   0.11.22 -> 0.11.25
    Removed packages:
    [R.]  #1  gvproxy                       0.8.9
    [R.]  #2  krunkit                       1.2.1
    [R.]  #3  libepoxy                      1.5.10
    [R.]  #4  libkrun-efi                   1.19.0
    [R.]  #5  podman-helper-binary-wrapper  <none>
    [R.]  #6  virglrenderer                 0.10.4d-krunkit
    Closure size: 590 -> 583 (14 paths added, 21 paths removed, delta -7, disk usage -14.1MiB).
kriswill added a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 3, 2026
New knowledge/nvim/ area covering the whole Neovim configuration:

- Core concepts: architecture (vim.pack dispatcher + load order),
  lsp (native vim.lsp + efm single-formatter), keymaps (leader
  namespace topology), options, filetypes (shebang detection).
- Per-plugin catalog: 23 enriched docs under nvim/plugins/, one per
  spec file, cross-linked into the graph.
- Decision records: native-vim-pack (lazy.nvim -> vim.pack, PR #4)
  and efm-umbrella-formatting (conform removal, PR #5), mined from
  commit history and the removed NVIM_PACK.md.

okf scaffold gains a neovim-plugins pass (stubs nvim/plugins/<name>.md
from lua/plugins/ specs: leading comment, trigger, deps, version pin).
Type registry adds Neovim Plugin + Neovim Config; modules/neovim.md
links the area; AGENTS.md and the knowledge-bundle skill mention the
new scaffold target. okf validate: 103 files, 0 errors, 0 warnings.
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