dashboard.lua

return {
	"goolord/alpha-nvim",
	dependencies = {
		"nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons",
		"nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
		{ "juansalvatore/git-dashboard-nvim", dependencies = { "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" } },
	},
	config = function()
		-- Import alpha and dashboard
		local alpha = require("alpha")
		local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")

		-- Define custom icons
		local icons = {
			ui = {
				file = "",
				files = "",
				open_folder = "",
				config = "",
				git = "",
				close = "",
			},
		}

		local function whitespace_only(str)
			return str:match("^%s*$") ~= nil
		end

		local function pad(n)
			return { type = "padding", val = n }
		end

		local function center_header(header)
			local lines = {}
			for line in string.gmatch(header, "[^\n]+") do
				table.insert(lines, line)
			end

			local width = vim.api.nvim_win_get_width(0) -- Get the width of the current window
			local padding = math.floor((width - #lines[1]) / 2) -- Calculate padding based on the first line length
			for i, line in ipairs(lines) do
				lines[i] = string.rep(" ", padding) .. line
			end
			return lines
		end

		local function format_git_header()
			local git_dashboard_raw = require("git-dashboard-nvim").setup({})
			local git_dashboard = {}
			for _, line in ipairs(git_dashboard_raw) do
				if not whitespace_only(line) then
					table.insert(git_dashboard, line)
				end
			end

			local git_repo = git_dashboard[1]
			local git_branch = git_dashboard[#git_dashboard]

			if git_repo == nil and git_branch == nil then
				return {
					type = "text",
					val = "",
					opts = { position = "center" },
				}, {}
			end

			local git_branch_section = {
				type = "text",
				val = " " .. git_repo .. ":" .. string.sub(git_branch, 5, #git_branch),
				opts = { position = "center" },
			}

			return git_branch_section, { unpack(git_dashboard, 2, #git_dashboard - 1) }
		end

		-- Define custom header with ASCII art or any custom message
		local ascii_header = [[
 ________  ___  ___  ________  _________  ________  ________ 
|\   ____\|\  \|\  \|\   ____\|\___   ___\\   __  \|\  _____\
\ \  \___|\ \  \\\  \ \  \___|\|___ \  \_\ \  \|\  \ \  \__/ 
 \ \  \  __\ \  \\\  \ \_____  \   \ \  \ \ \   __  \ \   __\
  \ \  \|\  \ \  \\\  \|____|\  \   \ \  \ \ \  \ \  \ \  \_|
   \ \_______\ \_______\____\_\  \   \ \__\ \ \__\ \__\ \__\ 
    \|_______|\|_______|\_________\   \|__|  \|__|\|__|\|__| 
                       \|_________|                          
		]]

		local git_branch_section, commit_history = format_git_header()

		for _, line in ipairs(commit_history) do
			ascii_header = ascii_header .. "\n" .. string.rep(" ", 3) .. line
		end

		local custom_header = center_header(ascii_header)
		local header = { type = "text", val = custom_header }

		local buttons = {
			type = "group",
			val = {
				dashboard.button("e", icons.ui.file .. "  New file", "<cmd>new<CR>"),
				dashboard.button("o", icons.ui.files .. "  Recent Files", "<cmd>Telescope oldfiles<cr>"),
				dashboard.button("f", icons.ui.open_folder .. "  Explorer", "<cmd>Oil<cr>"),
				dashboard.button(
					"c",
					icons.ui.config .. "  Neovim config",
					"<cmd>Oil /home/cafebabe/install/dotfiles/config/nvim<cr>"
				),
				dashboard.button("g", icons.ui.git .. "  Open Git", "<cmd>Neogit<CR>"),
				dashboard.button("l", "󰒲  Lazy", "<cmd>Lazy<cr>"),
				dashboard.button("q", icons.ui.close .. "  Quit NVIM", ":qa<CR>"),
			},
		}

		-- Custom footer showing number of plugins loaded
		local footer = {
			type = "text",
			val = { "⚡" .. require("lazy").stats().loaded .. " plugins loaded." },
			opts = { position = "center", hl = "Comment" },
		}

		local bottom_section = {
			type = "text",
			val = "Hi Gustaf, It's " .. os.date(" %H:%M ") .. "How are you doing today?",
			opts = { position = "center" },
		}

		-- Setting up the alpha layout
		alpha.setup({
			layout = {
				pad(4),
				header,
				pad(1),
				git_branch_section,
				pad(2),
				buttons,
				pad(2),
				bottom_section,
				pad(2),
				footer,
			},
			position = "center",
		})
	end,
}