nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/explorer/node-builders.lua

local utils = require "nvim-tree.utils"
local watch = require "nvim-tree.explorer.watch"

local M = {}

---@param parent Node
---@param absolute_path string
---@param name string
---@param fs_stat uv.fs_stat.result|nil
---@return Node
function M.folder(parent, absolute_path, name, fs_stat)
  local handle = vim.loop.fs_scandir(absolute_path)
  local has_children = handle and vim.loop.fs_scandir_next(handle) ~= nil

  local node = {
    type = "directory",
    absolute_path = absolute_path,
    fs_stat = fs_stat,
    group_next = nil, -- If node is grouped, this points to the next child dir/link node
    has_children = has_children,
    name = name,
    nodes = {},
    open = false,
    parent = parent,
  }

  node.watcher = watch.create_watcher(node)

  return node
end

--- path is an executable file or directory
---@param absolute_path string
---@return boolean|nil
function M.is_executable(absolute_path)
  if utils.is_windows or utils.is_wsl then
    --- executable detection on windows is buggy and not performant hence it is disabled
    return false
  else
    return vim.loop.fs_access(absolute_path, "X")
  end
end

---@param parent Node
---@param absolute_path string
---@param name string
---@param fs_stat uv.fs_stat.result|nil
---@return Node
function M.file(parent, absolute_path, name, fs_stat)
  local ext = string.match(name, ".?[^.]+%.(.*)") or ""

  return {
    type = "file",
    absolute_path = absolute_path,
    executable = M.is_executable(absolute_path),
    extension = ext,
    fs_stat = fs_stat,
    name = name,
    parent = parent,
  }
end

-- TODO-INFO: sometimes fs_realpath returns nil
-- I expect this be a bug in glibc, because it fails to retrieve the path for some
-- links (for instance libr2.so in /usr/lib) and thus even with a C program realpath fails
-- when it has no real reason to. Maybe there is a reason, but errno is definitely wrong.
-- So we need to check for link_to ~= nil when adding new links to the main tree
---@param parent Node
---@param absolute_path string
---@param name string
---@param fs_stat uv.fs_stat.result|nil
---@return Node
function M.link(parent, absolute_path, name, fs_stat)
  --- I dont know if this is needed, because in my understanding, there isn't hard links in windows, but just to be sure i changed it.
  local link_to = vim.loop.fs_realpath(absolute_path)
  local open, nodes, has_children

  local is_dir_link = (link_to ~= nil) and vim.loop.fs_stat(link_to).type == "directory"

  if is_dir_link and link_to then
    local handle = vim.loop.fs_scandir(link_to)
    has_children = handle and vim.loop.fs_scandir_next(handle) ~= nil
    open = false
    nodes = {}
  end

  local node = {
    type = "link",
    absolute_path = absolute_path,
    fs_stat = fs_stat,
    group_next = nil, -- If node is grouped, this points to the next child dir/link node
    has_children = has_children,
    link_to = link_to,
    name = name,
    nodes = nodes,
    open = open,
    parent = parent,
  }

  if is_dir_link then
    node.watcher = watch.create_watcher(node)
  end

  return node
end

return M