How to display file icons with Chezmoi

[ReKylee]

Hi! I have this function for displaying chezmoi managed files:

local fzf_chezmoi = function()
        local fzf_lua = require("fzf-lua")
        local chezmoi = require("chezmoi.commands")
        local results = chezmoi.list({
          args = {
            "--include=files",
          },
        })

        local opts = {
          fzf_opts = {},
          file_icons = true,
          fn_transform = function(x)
            return fzf_lua.make_entry.file(x, { file_icons = true, color_icons = true })
          end,
          actions = {
            ["default"] = function(selected)
              chezmoi.edit({
                targets = { "~/" .. selected[1] },
                args = { "--watch" },
              })
            end,
          },
        }
        fzf_lua.fzf_exec(results, opts)
      end

And I want to add colorful icons to the results. As you can see, I already tried using fn_transform but this is the result:

What am I doing wrong?

[ibhagwan]

fn_transform is only used when using an external shell command, you already have the results in a lua table, so modify the entries in your results table directly, something like:

 results = vim.tbl_map(function(x)
  return fzf_lua.make_entry.file(x, { file_icons = true, color_icons = true })
 end, results)

[ReKylee]

Hi, thank you for your answer! I'm new to Lua programming, and I get this the first time I run the function:

And after closing it and opening again, I get the icons showing up.

When I try to select an item, I get an error of it trying to open up the item with the icon in the file path, which ofc doesnt work.

[Fzf-lua] fn_selected threw an error: ...Local/nvim-data/lazy/chezmoi.nvim/lua/chezmoi/notify.lua:29: chezmoi.nvim: Error while querying source file path for '~/󰢱 AppData/Local/nvim/lua/plugins/core.lua'
stack traceback:
	...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:242: in function <...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:236>
	[C]: in function 'error'
	...Local/nvim-data/lazy/chezmoi.nvim/lua/chezmoi/notify.lua:29: in function 'panic'
	...m-data/lazy/chezmoi.nvim/lua/chezmoi/commands/__edit.lua:130: in function 'execute'
	...vim-data/lazy/chezmoi.nvim/lua/chezmoi/commands/init.lua:34: in function 'edit'
	C:/Users/ido54/AppData/Local/nvim/lua/plugins/core.lua:213: in function 'action'
	...ata/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/actions.lua:117: in function 'act'
	...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:148: in function 'fn_selected'
	...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:235: in function <...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:234>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'
	...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:234: in function <...ppData/Local/nvim-data/lazy/fzf-lua/lua/fzf-lua/core.lua:226>

Here's the updated function:

        local fzf_chezmoi = function()
        local fzf_lua = require("fzf-lua")
        local chezmoi = require("chezmoi.commands")
        local results = chezmoi.list({
          args = {
            "--include=files", -- Include only files (adjust as needed)
          },
        })

        results = vim.tbl_map(function(x)
          return fzf_lua.make_entry.file(x, { file_icons = true, color_icons = true })
        end, results)

        local opts = {
          fzf_opts = {},
          file_icons = true,
          actions = {
            ["default"] = function(selected)
              chezmoi.edit({
                targets = { "~/" .. selected[1] },
                args = { "--watch" },
              })
            end,
          },
        }
        fzf_lua.fzf_exec(results, opts)
      end

[ibhagwan]

I’m not sure what went wrong here, if the below doesn’t work you’ll have to debug your code but this basic sample should do the job, note that due to changes in how icon sets are preloaded (based on using mini / devicons) a call to normalize_opts (with file_icons=true) must be made, replace the files table below with your list of files and it should work (also add your actions, etc):

local fzf = require("fzf-lua")
local files = { "foo.lua", "bar.sh" } -- replace this with your chezmoi list of files
local opts = { file_icons = true }    -- add your other config, actions, etc
opts = fzf.config.normalize_opts(opts or {}, {})
files = vim.tbl_map(function(x)
  return fzf.make_entry.file(x, { file_icons = true, color_icons = true })
end, files)
fzf.fzf_exec(files, opts)

[ReKylee]

hi!
Eventually I settled on this:

local fzf_chezmoi = function()
        local fzf_lua = require("fzf-lua.config")
        local chezmoi = require("chezmoi.commands")
        local files = chezmoi.list({
          args = {
            "--include=files",
          },
        })
        local opts = {
          fzf_opts = {},
          file_icons = true,
          actions = {
            ["default"] = function(selected)
              -- Remove the icon and leading whitespace from selected[1]
              local sanitized_path = selected[1]:gsub("^[^%w~/.]+", "") -- Matches the icon and trims it
              -- Use the sanitized path with chezmoi
              chezmoi.edit({
                targets = { "~/" .. sanitized_path },
                args = { "--watch" },
              })
            end,
          },
        }
        opts = fzf_lua.config.normalize_opts(opts or {}, {})
        files = vim.tbl_map(function(x)
          return fzf_lua.make_entry.file(x, { file_icons = true, color_icons = true })
        end, files)

        fzf_lua.fzf_exec(files, opts)
      end

Using a match to strip the icon from the filepath.
Dunno how else to do it, but this works :D

Feel free to suggest anything of course, always up for improving it !

[ibhagwan]

Using a match to strip the icon from the filepath.
Dunno how else to do it, but this works :D

You can also use fzf-lua’s local file = fzf_lua.parh.entry_to_file and then use file.path.