neovim

Summary

Installs the nightly build of Neovim from a GitHub release binary and makes nvim available on $PATH.

Syntax / Usage

zi for \
    from'gh-r' \
    sbin'**/nvim -> nvim' \
    ver'nightly' \
  neovim/neovim

Details

• from'gh-r' — downloads the release archive from GitHub Releases.
• ver'nightly' — pins the download to the nightly release tag instead of the latest stable release.
• sbin'**/nvim -> nvim' — creates a shim named nvim pointing to the binary anywhere in the archive tree (requires zinit-annex-bin-gem-node).

The annex zdharma-continuum/zinit-annex-bin-gem-node must be loaded before this recipe.

Examples

# prerequisite — load once at the top of .zshrc
zinit light-mode for zdharma-continuum/zinit-annex-bin-gem-node

zi for \
    from'gh-r' \
    sbin'**/nvim -> nvim' \
    ver'nightly' \
  neovim/neovim

Caveats / Common Mistakes

• Using ver'nightly' means every zinit update may pull a new nightly build. Remove ver'nightly' or change it to ver'stable' to track the stable release channel instead.