From 30587406dd9cf980dda733fa32ae9a91e50ff84e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremie Fraeys <jfaeys@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 15:50:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: open oil.nvim instead of netrw when starting nvim from
 a directory

---
 lua/config/options.lua     | 15 ++++++++++++---
 lua/custom/plugins/oil.lua |  1 -
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/config/options.lua b/lua/config/options.lua
index 54e1f78..bd3105d 100755
--- a/lua/config/options.lua
+++ b/lua/config/options.lua
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ local disabled_built_ins = {
   'gzip',
   'logipat',
   'matchit',
-  -- "netrw",
+  'netrw',
   'netrwFileHandlers',
   'loaded_remote_plugins',
   'loaded_tutor_mode_plugin',
-  -- "netrwPlugin",
-  -- "netrwSettings",
+  'netrwPlugin',
+  'netrwSettings',
   'rrhelper',
   'spellfile_plugin',
   'tar',
@@ -139,3 +139,12 @@ opt.formatoptions = opt.formatoptions
   + 'j' -- Auto-remove comments if possible.
   - '2' -- I'm not in gradeschool anymore
 opt.iskeyword:append('_')
+
+-- Open oil.nvim when opening a directory
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('VimEnter', {
+  callback = function()
+    if vim.fn.isdirectory(vim.fn.expand('%:p')) == 1 then
+      require('oil').open(vim.fn.expand('%:p'))
+    end
+  end,
+})
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/oil.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/oil.lua
index 9995386..4b6057c 100755
--- a/lua/custom/plugins/oil.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/oil.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 return {
   'stevearc/oil.nvim',
-  lazy = true,
   keys = {
     { '<leader>e', '<CMD>Oil<CR>', desc = 'Open parent directory' },
     {