chore(master): release nvim-tree 1.4.0

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1.4.0 (2025-11-10)

Features

• Next / Prev Git File Item nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1389: api: recursive node navigation for git and diagnostics (#2525) (5d13cc8)
• Add option to use diagnostic signs nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1826: add diagnostics.diagnostic_opts: vim.diagnostic.Opts will override diagnostics.severity and diagnostics.icons (#3190) (fefa335)
• filters.toggle_bookmarked nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1850: add "no bookmark" filter (#2571) (8f92e1e)
• Open a file and keep tree open, but another hotkey for open file and close the tree afterwards nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1984: add quit_on_open and focus opts to various api.node.open functions (#3054) (3281f33)
• Open files with relative paths nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2127: add experimental.actions.open_file.relative_path to open files with a relative path rather than absolute (#2805) (869c064)
• Hidden Item Count nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2225: add renderer.hidden_display to show a summary of hidden files below the tree (#2856) (e25eb7f)
• Icon Placement Right nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2349: add "right_align" option for renderer.icons.*_placement (#2839) (1d629a5)
• Icon Placement Right nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2349: add "right_align" option for renderer.icons.*_placement (#2846) (48d0e82)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: add :NvimTreeHiTest (#2664) (b278fc2)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: colour and highlight overhaul, see :help nvim-tree-highlight-overhaul (#2455) (e9c5abe)
• vim.ui.open nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2430: use vim.ui.open as default system_open, for neovim 0.10+ (#2912) (03f737e)
• API: tree.resize nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2598: add api.tree.resize (#2811) (2ede0de)
• Allow creating directories when renaming files (behavior like create file) nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2630: file renames can now create directories (#2657) (efafd73)
• Add a binaries field to nvim-tree-opts-filters or nvim-tree-opts-sort nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2654: filters.custom may be a function (#2655) (4a87b8b)
• New git glyph option: 'added' nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2685: highlight git new tracked with NvimTreeGitFileNewHL (#3176) (0a52012)
• Allow nodes to expand until a certain condition is met. nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2789: add optional function expand_until to api.tree.expand_all and api.node.expand (#3166) (1b876db)
• filesystem_watchers.ignore_dirs and git.disable_for_dirs functions nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2799: filesystem_watchers.ignore_dirs and git.disable_for_dirs may be functions (#2800) (8b2c5c6)
• filesystem_watchers.ignore_dirs and git.disable_for_dirs functions nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2799: filesystem_watchers.ignore_dirs and git.disable_for_dirs may be functions (8b2c5c6)
• Experimental Features: actions.open_file.relative_path nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2819: add actions.open_file.relative_path, default enabled, following successful experiment (#2995) (2ee1c5e)
• Multi Instance: Refactor: nvim-tree.view nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2826: allow only one window with nvim-tree buffer per tab (#3174) (dd2364d)
• Nvim freezes when i disable git files nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2938: add default filesystem_watchers.ignore_dirs = { "/.ccls-cache", "/build", "/node_modules", "/target", } (#2940) (010ae03)
• [Feature] User Decorators nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2948: add custom decorators, :help nvim-tree-decorators (#2996) (7a4ff1a)
• Add keymap for closing buffer of file under cursor nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3037: add API node.buffer.delete, node.buffer.wipe (#3040) (fee1da8)
• Apply opts.renderer.icons.padding to arrow icons nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3113: add renderer.icons.folder_arrow_padding (#3114) (ea5097a)
• Collapse directories under current highlighted directory nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3132: add api.node.expand and api.node.collapse (#3133) (ae59561)
• add view.cursorlineopt nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3157: add view.cursorlineopt (#3158) (8eb5e0b)
• add api.fs.copy.basename, default mapping ge (#2698) (8f2a50f)
• add api.tree.toggle_enable_filters (#2706) (f7c09bd)
• add kind param to vim.ui.select function calls (#2602) (dc839a7)
• add node.open.toggle_group_empty, default mapping L (#2647) (8cbb1db)
• add NvimTreeFilter filetype (64e2192)
• add option to skip gitignored files on git navigation (#2583) (50f30bc)
• add renderer.highlight_hidden, renderer.icons.show.hidden and renderer.icons.hidden_placement for dotfile icons/highlights (#2840) (48a9290)
• add TreePreOpen event (#3105) (c24c047)
• add update_focused_file.exclude (#2673) (e20966a)
• api: add node.open.vertical_no_picker, node.open.horizontal_no_picker (#3031) (68fc4c2)
• help closes on <Esc> and api.tree.toggle_help mappings (#2909) (b652dbd)
• load command definitions at nvim startup (#3211) (1eda256)
• load command definitions in plugin directory (1eda256)
• set filter input filetype to NvimTreeFilter (#3207) (64e2192)

Bug Fixes

• "Invalid buffer id" on closing nvim-tree window (#3129) (25d16aa)
• When bulk moving, set destination based on the directory under cursor nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2395: marks.bulk.move defaults to directory at cursor (#2688) (cfea5bd)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: disambiguate highlight groups, see :help nvim-tree-highlight-overhaul (#2639) (d9cb432)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: fix NvimTreeIndentMarker highlight group: FileIcon->FolderIcon (e9ac136)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: highlight help header and mappings (#2669) (39e6fef)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: nvim 0.8 highlight overhaul support, limited to only show highest highlight precedence (#2642) (f39f7b6)
• Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2415: NvimTreeIndentMarker highlight group: FileIcon->FolderIcon (#2656) (e9ac136)
• Diagnostics Not Updated When Tree Not Visible nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2519: Diagnostics Not Updated When Tree Not Visible (#2597) (96a783f)
• TextYankPost not setting v:event key regcontents (nor any other keys for TextYankPost) nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2535: TextYankPost event sends vim.v.event (#2734) (d8d3a15)
• E5108 when calling help with g? nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2609: help toggle (#2611) (fac4900)
• Float view doen't autoclose on opening a file nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2624: open file from docked floating window (#2627) (f24afa2)
• Passing nil as window handle in view.get_winnr nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2632: occasional error stack when locating nvim-tree window (#2633) (48b1d86)
• Modified Icon And Highlight Broken Following Highlight Overhaul nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2637: show buffer modified icons and highlights (#2638) (7bdb220)
• after #2415 NonText and WinSeparator have no highlight nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2643: correctly apply linked highlight groups in tree window (#2653) (fbee8a6)
• NvimTree file highlighted as bad spell (SpellCap) nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2658: change SpellCap groups to reduce confusion: ExecFile->Question, ImageFile->Question, SpecialFile->Title, Symlink->Underlined; add all other highlight groups to :NvimTreeHiTest (#2732) (0aca092)
• Incompatibility with fugitive and oil.nvim and other plugins nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2695: git toplevel guard against missing paths (#2696) (3c4267e)
• Bad contrast for NvimTreeWindowPicker & NvimTreeBookmarkHL on default colorscheme nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2705: change NvimTreeWindowPicker cterm background from Cyan to more visible DarkBlue (#2708) (1fd9c98)
• Bad contrast for NvimTreeWindowPicker & NvimTreeBookmarkHL on default colorscheme nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2705: change NvimTreeWindowPicker from Cyan to the more visible DarkBlue (1fd9c98)
• Parent folder deleted when deleting a folder starting with $ nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2733: escape trash path (#2735) (81eb8d5)
• Float window for full filenames has wrong bg nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2746: background and right aligned icons in floating windows (#3128) (cbc3165)
• web-devicons default not used nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2758: use nvim-webdevicons default file icon, not renderer.icons.glyphs.default, as per :help (#2759) (347e1eb)
• web-devicons default not used nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2758: use nvim-webdevicons default for default files (347e1eb)
• nvim-tree allows the creation of files over sshfs, but they can't be accessed nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2794: sshfs compatibility (#2893) (2d6e64d)
• nvim-tree allows the creation of files over sshfs, but they can't be accessed nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2794: sshfs compatibility (#2922) (9650e73)
• nvim-tree does not allow renaming the file even with changed letter capitalization nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2813: macos: enable file renaming with changed capitalization (#2814) (abfd1d1)
• Experimental Features: actions.open_file.relative_path nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2819: experimental.actions.open_file.relative_path issue following change directory (#2820) (12a9a99)
• Error: Invalid window id nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2859: make sure window still exists when restoring options (#2863) (466fbed)
• Wrong filepath opened when selecting file nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2862: windows path replaces backslashes with forward slashes (#2903) (45a93d9)
• Nvim-Tree: Attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2868: windows: do not visit unenumerable directories such as Application Data (#2874) (2104786)
• nowrapscan Prevents Next/Prev When On Root Node nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2878: nowrapscan prevents move from root (#2880) (4234095)
• Windows Resized By 1 When update_focused_file and view.width is table nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2879: remove unnecessary tree window width setting to prevent unnecessary :wincmd = (#2881) (d43ab67)
• Arithmetic on a nil value error when opening file in child git repo with NvimTree Open nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2906: resource leak on populate children (#2907) (a4dd5ad)
• Copy Paths On Root Node Fail/Incorrect nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2917: fix root copy paths: Y, ge, gy, y (#2918) (b18ce8b)
• Explorer not redrawing after closing parent node nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2928: nil explorer in parent move action (#2929) (0429f28)
• Empty Grouped Folders Expanded On File Open nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2930: empty groups expanded on reload (#2935) (4520c03)
• reload_git and reload_node_status stack overflow nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2945: stack overflow on api.git.reload or fugitive event with watchers disabled (#2949) (5ad8762)
• Highlight hidden feature error nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2947: root is never a dotfile, so that it doesn't propagate to children (#2958) (f5f6789)
• Tree highlight group color used if opening new buffers using vsplit preview with empty buffer nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2951: highlights incorrect following cancelled pick (#2952) (1c9553a)
• LSP diagnostics inside nvim-tree may flicker nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2954: more efficient LSP updates, increase diagnostics.debounce_delay from 50ms to 500ms (#3007) (1f3ffd6)
• LSP diagnostics inside nvim-tree may flicker nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2954: resolve occasional tree flashing on diagnostics, set tree buffer options in deterministic order (#2980) (82ab19e)
• [On windows] Root of nvim-tree changed unexpectedly and buffer not listed by telescope nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2961: windows: escape brackets and parentheses when opening file (#2962) (63c7ad9)
• After a rename, the node loses selection nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2969: After a rename, the node loses selection (#2974) (1403933)
• error on :colorscheme nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2972: error on :colorscheme (#2973) (6e5a204)
• nvim-tree/explorer/init.lua:66: attempt to index field 'uv' (a nil value) nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2976: use vim.loop to preserve neovim 0.9 compatibility (#2977) (00dff48)
• Grouped Folder Not Showing Close Icon nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2978: grouped folder not showing closed icon (#2979) (120ba58)
• Root of nvim-tree changed unexpectedly when jump to file in another directory with LSP on Windows nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2981: windows: root changed when navigating with LSP (#2982) (c22124b)
• Diagnostic Indicators Not Updating nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2990: Do not check if buffer is buflisted in diagnostics.update() (#2998) (28eac28)
• nvim-tree buffer options applied to entire window nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3009: nvim < 0.10 apply view options locally (#3010) (ca7c4c3)
• Do not ignore right_aligned icons when computing max window width nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3015: dynamic width no longer truncates on right_align icons (#3022) (f7b76cd)
• Vim(normal):Can't re-enter normal mode from terminal mode nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3018: error when focusing nvim-tree when in terminal mode (#3019) (db8d7ac)
• Diagnostic indicators are based only on messages from the "DiagnosticChanged" event, not from the entire buffer nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3041: use vim.diagnostic.get for updating diagnostics (#3042) (aae0185)
• Question: Why do certain API calls leave a [Scratch] buffer after they finish? nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3045: wipe scratch buffers for full name and show info popups (#3050) (fca0b67)
• Explicitly Test For Presence Of vim.hl.range nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3059: test for presence of new 0.11 API vim.hl.range (#3060) (70825f2)
• Deleting a directory containing symlink file will delete all content inside the symlink nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3077: deleting a directory containing symlinked directory will delete the contents of the linked directory (#3168) (10db694)
• highlight_opened_files looks like doesn't work in explorer/init.lua nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3101: when renderer.highlight_opened_files = "none" do not reload on BufUnload and BufReadPost (#3102) (5bea2b3)
• Renaming a file to the same name with different casing on a WSL nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3117: allow changing filename's casing (bd54d1d)
• Renaming a file to the same name with different casing on a WSL nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3117: windows: change file/dir case (#3135) (bd54d1d)
• WARNING vim.validate is deprecated. Feature will be removed in Nvim 1.0 nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3122: remove redundant vim.validate (#3123) (e7d1b7d)
• Git icons for dotfiles have no padding if right aligned nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3124: fix icon padding for "right_align" placements, notably for dotfiles (#3125) (e4cd856)
• Git icons for dotfiles have no padding if right aligned nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3124: prevent empty icons_right_align response from breaking padding (e4cd856)
• Feature request: "blank" icon glyphs turn off all icons of that type nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3134: setting one glyph to "" no longer disables others (#3136) (ebcaccd)
• open.no_window_picker fallback window should respect window_picker.exclude settings nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3143: actions.open_file.window_picker.exclude applies when not using window picker (#3144) (05d8172)
• add view.cursorlineopt nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3157: add view.cursorlineopt (8eb5e0b)
• Live filter triggers error in function 'calculate_overlay_win_width' nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3172: live filter exception (#3173) (0a7fcdf)
• Error executing vim. schedule lua callback: ...cker/start/nvim-tree. lua/lua/nvim-tree/renderer/init.lua:397 nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#925: handle newlines in file names (#2754) (64f61e4)
• allow highlight overrides for DEFAULT_DEFS: NvimTreeFolderIcon, NvimTreeWindowPicker (#2636) (74525ac)
• api: correct argument types in wrap_node and wrap_node_or_nil (#3006) (f7c65e1)
• arithmetic on nil value error on first git project open (#3064) (8052310)
• bad column offset when using full_name (#2629) (75ff64e)
• bookmark filter should include parent directory (#2704) (76b9810)
• bookmark filter shows marked directory children (#2719) (2d97059)
• Can't re-enter normal mode from terminal mode (db8d7ac)
• explicitly set border to "none" in full name float (#3094) (c3c1935)
• fixes #3134 (ebcaccd)
• hijack directory "BufEnter", "BufNewFile" events are nested (#3044) (39bc630)
• hijack_cursor on update focused file and vim search (#2600) (02ae523)
• invalid buffer issue (25d16aa)
• invalid explorer on open (#2927) (59a8a6a)
• invalid window id for popup info window (#3147) (d54a187)
• nil access exception with git integration when changing branches (#2774) (340d3a9)
• passing nil as window handle in view.get_winnr (48b1d86)
• picker: exclude full_name window id from the choice (#3165) (543ed3c)
• prevent NvimTree to be alternate buffer when tab open (#3205) (e397756)
• reliably dispatch exactly one TreeOpen and TreeClose events (#3107) (3a63717)
• safely close last tree window (#2913) (bd48816)
• safely close tree window with pcall and debug logging (bd48816)
• searchcount exception on invalid search regex (#2693) (041dbd1)
• stl and stlnc fillchars are hidden in window picker (b699143)
• symlink file icons rendered when renderer.icons.show.file = false, folder.symlink* was incorrectly rendered as folder.default|open (#2983) (2156bc0)
• view.width functions may return strings (#3020) (6b4be1d)
• window picker ignore hidden window (#3145) (d87b41c)
• window picker: hide fillchars: stl and stlnc (#3066) (b699143)

Performance Improvements

• repeated calls to git rev-parse --show-toplevel for untracked directories nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3171: cache toplevel for untracked (#3185) (4425136)
• repeated calls to git rev-parse --show-toplevel for untracked directories nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3171: use vim.system() instead of vim.fn.system() to execute git toplevel (#3175) (9a05b9e)
• commands: defer module loading (#3210) (68c67ad)

Reverts

• refactor: replace deprecated use of vim.diagnostic.is_disabled()  nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2781: "refactor: replace deprecated use of vim.diagnostic.is_disabled()" (#2784) (517e4fb)
• nvim-tree allows the creation of files over sshfs, but they can't be accessed nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2794: sshfs compatibility (#2920) (8405ecf)
• Invalid 'group' error after recent commits (#3170) nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3180, Get Invalid tabpage id: 2 when close nvimtree after upgrade commit over a9156c013916d3c8a2905ab2e26e9dd74beb642e nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3177: invalid group or tabpage (#3181) (9b289ab)
• Invalid 'group' error after recent commits (#3170) nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3180, Get Invalid tabpage id: 2 when close nvimtree after upgrade commit over a9156c013916d3c8a2905ab2e26e9dd74beb642e nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#3177: resolve live filter failures (#3183) (a4699c0)

Miscellaneous Chores

• release 0.99.0 (b6b86e1)
• release 1.0.0 (#2678) (d16246a)
• release 1.4.0 (1cac800)

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