find file ignoring filters

[przepompownia]

Currently I have a local function to open nvim-tree with the current file and root resolved at the top level of it's git repo (or CWD otherwise).

local treeapi = require('nvim-tree.api')
-- ...
local function focusOnFile()
  local bufName = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)
  treeapi.tree.open(git.top(vim.fs.dirname(bufName)))
  --  treeapi.tree.toggle_hidden_filter()
  treeapi.tree.find_file(bufName)
end

keymap.set({'n'}, '<Plug>(ide-tree-focus-current-file)', focusOnFile)

(full source: https://github.com/przepompownia/vim-arctgx/blob/master/bundleConfig/nvim-tree.lua).

If the current file is under hidden directory and filter for dotfiles is set to true by config or H, then find_file(bufName) does not reveal it's node.

Is it possible to force reveal the node hidden by filters?

[alex-courtis]

Displaying a file that is hidden by any of nvim-tree.filters is not currently possible without toggling the filters.

I can see many possibilities for behaviour that would allow this, some complex to implement, some simple. Example: "finding a file that is currently hidden by a filter toggles all the filters off".

Please describe some behaviours that would match your use case and expectations.

[przepompownia]

Maybe one-time switching off all the filters that hide the selected file (please note that I don't need to search by some part of a path) would be enough (e.g. if the path would be under dotfiles and not git-ignored, only one filter would be need to disable).

The common case is if I start nvim-tree from some dotfile under my home directory using the above mapping. While bypassing filters is not possible, I switched dotfiles to false.

[alex-courtis]

Thank you. Let's continue in #1587

[alex-courtis]

See #1587 for similar discussions.