A script to move the current neovim config "out of the way" in order to start from a blank slate when wanting to experiment with other configurations. The nvim configuration and plugins are kept in the 4 directories listed below. The idea is that all of these directories will be renamed together as a set which would return nvim to factory defaults so to speak, and can then be restored later if desired.
Imaginative extensions such as below could be used (without the period):
| EXTENSION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| bak | vanilla backup |
| b4anv | before astronvim |
| mine | your config |
| distrotube | distrotube's config |
| kickstart | kickstart's config |
All 4 of the nvim config directories must exists or the script will abort:
~/.config/nvim
~/.local/share/nvim
~/.local/state/nvim
~/.cache/nvim
You could create any empty directories manually if they don't exist.
Works on macOS, Linux and Windows.
install psutil dependency:
pip install psutil
git clone https://github.com/chevybeef/nvim-config-move.git
cd nvim-config-move
chmod a+x nvim-config-move.py
./nvim-config-move.py { move, restore, change } extension [extension]
# to rename the 4 directories mentioned above to .bak
./nvim-config-move.py move bak
# to bring back the bak config (if those 4 folders above don't already exist)
./nvim-config-move.py restore bak
# move the current config to .lazyvim and restore .kickstart
./nvim-config-move.py change lazyvim kickstart
note: the dot before the extension is not included