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Description
Description
Files with a path containing a $ character are not loaded in diffview. There are frontend routing frameworks that use the $ character for file-based routing.
Expected behavior
Files with a path containing a $ character can be viewed in diffview like any other file.
Actual behavior
Diffview seems to show the file under a path without the $ character. For example a file at the path $b/c would become b/c. Diffview will show this as a file that has been removed because it doesn't exist on disk. gf will show the error
File does not exist on disk: 'b/c'
Steps to reproduce
mkdir -p a/\$bcd agit inittouch \$b/cnvim \$b/c:DiffviewOpengf
Health check
Output of :checkhealth diffview
==============================================================================
diffview: require("diffview.health").check()
Checking plugin dependencies ~
- OK nvim-web-devicons installed.
Checking VCS tools ~
- The plugin requires at least one of the supported VCS tools to be valid.
- OK Git found.
- OK Git is up-to-date. (2.48.1)
- WARNING Configured `hg_cmd` is not executable: 'hg'
Log info
Relevant info from :DiffviewLog
[ERROR 2025-02-19 11:41:32.311 -0800] ...cal/share/nvim/lazy/diffview.nvim/lua/diffview/utils.lua:42: File does not exist on disk: 'b/c'
Neovim version
NVIM v0.10.4
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1713484068Operating system and version
macOS Sonoma 14.4.1
Minimal config
-- #######################################
-- ### USAGE: nvim --clean -u mini.lua ###
-- #######################################
local root = vim.fn.stdpath("run") .. "/nvim/diffview.nvim"
local plugin_dir = root .. "/plugins"
vim.fn.mkdir(plugin_dir, "p")
for _, name in ipairs({ "config", "data", "state", "cache" }) do
vim.env[("XDG_%s_HOME"):format(name:upper())] = root .. "/" .. name
end
local plugins = {
{ "nvim-web-devicons", url = "https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons.git" },
{ "diffview.nvim", url = "https://github.com/sindrets/diffview.nvim.git" },
-- ##################################################################
-- ### ADD PLUGINS THAT ARE _NECESSARY_ FOR REPRODUCING THE ISSUE ###
-- ##################################################################
}
for _, spec in ipairs(plugins) do
local install_path = plugin_dir .. "/" .. spec[1]
if vim.fn.isdirectory(install_path) ~= 1 then
if spec.url then
print(string.format("Installing '%s'...", spec[1]))
vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--depth=1", spec.url, install_path })
end
end
vim.opt.runtimepath:append(spec.path or install_path)
end
require("diffview").setup({
-- ##############################################################################
-- ### ADD DIFFVIEW.NVIM CONFIG THAT IS _NECESSARY_ FOR REPRODUCING THE ISSUE ###
-- ##############################################################################
})
vim.opt.termguicolors = true
vim.cmd("colorscheme " .. (vim.fn.has("nvim-0.8") == 1 and "habamax" or "slate"))
-- ############################################################################
-- ### ADD INIT.LUA SETTINGS THAT ARE _NECESSARY_ FOR REPRODUCING THE ISSUE ###
-- ############################################################################
print("Ready!")