[netrw] Netrw will ignore any files after a directory when using :bnext

[joereynolds]

The Bug

When I open vim with vim * and there's a directory present in the buffers, using :bnext will restart the cycle once it hits the directory.

Example

If I have the following file list

├── file1.php
├── another-file.php
├── one-more.php
├── A-Directory
├── a-file-after-the-directory-in-the-list.php
└── and-another.php

When navigating through using :bnext (starting at file1.php), once it hits A-Directory it will begin cycling at file1.php instead of continuing on to a-file-after-the-directory-in-the-list.php

Description

:bnext will restart at the 0th buffer once it hits a directory in the list in :ls

Steps

1. Run vim * on a directory that has both files and a directory
2. Go through the buffers with :bnext
3. Once it hits the directory, the next :bnext will begin at the start of the list of buffers instead of continuing on to the next buffer.

Expected

I would expect it to the go the next buffer in the list, not restart the cycle.

Environment

• Vim version 8.0.1453
• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• Terminal: GNOME Terminal

Additional

• This does not happen with let loaded_netrwPlugin = 1 in the vimrc.
• I performed this on a clean installation of vim with nothing in my vimrc.
• Possibly related to Starting netrw with :e. breaks :bprev and :bnext navigation. #2597

[chrisbra]

Yes, what happens is. Vim notices that it tries to open a directory. Then netrw kicks in and creates a new unnamed buffer, that contains the filecontent for that buffer. As it created a new buffer, this buffer will be at then end of the current buffer list, so the next :bnext wraps over and starts from the beginning.

[chrisbra]

this looks indeed like a duplicate of #2597