feat: Add a new keybinding to search and expand a certain path (#1014)

lua/nvim-tree/actions/search-node.lua

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+local utils = require"nvim-tree.utils"
+local view = require"nvim-tree.view"
+local renderer = require"nvim-tree.renderer"
+
+local M = {}
+
+function M.fn()
+  if not TreeExplorer then return end
+
+  local input_path = vim.fn.input("Search node: ", "", "file")
+  utils.clear_prompt()
+
+  local absolute_input_path = utils.path_join({
+    TreeExplorer.cwd,
+    input_path
+  })
+
+  local tree_altered = false
+
+  local function search_node(nodes)
+    -- first search for absolute match
+    local index_absolute_match = 0
+    for _, node in ipairs(nodes) do
+      index_absolute_match = index_absolute_match + 1
+
+      if absolute_input_path == node.absolute_path then
+        return index_absolute_match
+      end
+    end
+
+    -- if no absolute match in current directory, then search for partial match
+    local index_partial_match = 0
+    for _, node in ipairs(nodes) do
+      index_partial_match = index_partial_match + 1
+
+      if node.nodes then
+        local matches = utils.str_find(absolute_input_path, node.absolute_path)
+
+        if matches then
+          if not node.open then
+            node.open = true
+            TreeExplorer:expand(node)
+            tree_altered = true
+          end
+
+          return index_partial_match + search_node(node.nodes)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    return 0
+  end
+
+  local index = search_node(TreeExplorer.nodes)
+
+  if tree_altered then
+    renderer.draw()
+  end
+
+  if index > 0 and view.is_visible() then
+    if TreeExplorer.cwd ~= '/' and not view.View.hide_root_folder then
+      index = index + 1
+    end
+
+    view.set_cursor({index, 0})
+  end
+end
+
+return M