[BUG] <BUG>remote-nvim.nvim cannot copy plugins

[SJ-Fang23]

Plugin

remote-nvim.nvim

Nixpkgs Release

unstable

Home Manager Release

unstable

I have read the FAQ

• I have read the FAQ and my bug is not listed there.

Description

When using remote-nvim.nvim, it tries to copy all the neovim configs (and plugins) from a single base dir (By default ~/.config/nvim). However, since in Nixvim, the only thing under ~/.config/nvim is an init.lua, not including any plugin files, remote-nvim.nvim can only create a native neovim, with out any plugins.

I tried soft linking the /nix/store/xxx-vim-pack-dir to ~/.config/nvim, but I can't figure out how to get the xxx-vim-pack-dir location.

Maybe Nixvim can add a option to allow user to export all configs to a dedicated location?

Minimal, Reproducible Example (MRE)

programs.nixvim.plugins.remote-nvim = {
  enable = true;
};

[SJ-Fang23]

Update

An ugly workaround (but do made remote-nvim plugins working) by querying Neovim to get its rtp path, then link it into the ~/.config/nvim folder. This can (maybe) also be integrated into home.nix

#!/bin/sh
set -e

# 1. Get nvim in PATH
NVIM_BIN=$(command -v nvim)
if [ -z "$NVIM_BIN" ]; then
  echo "❌ nvim not found in PATH" >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Get the real /nix/store path
NVIM_BIN=$(readlink -f "$NVIM_BIN")

# 2. Get vim-path-dir inside the wrapped nvim script generated by nix
# Looks for: --cmd "set rtp^=/nix/store/...-vim-pack-dir"
VIM_PACK_DIR=$(grep -o '/nix/store/[^[:space:]]*-vim-pack-dir' "$NVIM_BIN" | head -n1)

# 3. Validate
if [ -z "$VIM_PACK_DIR" ] || [ ! -d "$VIM_PACK_DIR" ]; then
  echo "❌ No vim-pack-dir found in nvim wrapper script: $NVIM_BIN" >&2
  exit 1
fi

echo "✅ Found vim-pack-dir: $VIM_PACK_DIR"

# 4. Create Symlink
NVIM_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/nvim"
# mkdir -p "$NVIM_CONFIG/pack/"
ln -sf "$VIM_PACK_DIR/pack/" "$NVIM_CONFIG/"

echo "✅ Linked plugins"