disable sshfs

flake.lock

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   "nodes": {
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1761605067,
-        "narHash": "sha256-XlXxfbRET+JrBLnnknmlO6rEazTe/S4Nycnkls6Oe0Q=",
+        "lastModified": 1761619080,
+        "narHash": "sha256-PsLFmU/CORWeCjJi9ALsegwr/SMjf2gHsooTR09az4c=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "8929c5ea8ff351a777bc983b0b8e0a46587e6909",
+        "rev": "fd644bba1d3a83169e4b312ce20928ba1b0abb02",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -495,22 +495,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1759193354,
-        "narHash": "sha256-FfUxpRfqrf0r56/gi76N2ZooWnXWO0aRtaQBS7m+SvY=",
-        "owner": "nosduco",
-        "repo": "remote-sshfs.nvim",
-        "rev": "45502b3892774811153aeab5f7f9b0033c82005c",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nosduco",
-        "repo": "remote-sshfs.nvim",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nvim_plugin-numToStr/Comment.nvim": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -928,7 +912,6 @@
         "nvim_plugin-mfussenegger/nvim-lint": "nvim_plugin-mfussenegger/nvim-lint",
         "nvim_plugin-mrcjkb/rustaceanvim": "nvim_plugin-mrcjkb/rustaceanvim",
         "nvim_plugin-neovim/nvim-lspconfig": "nvim_plugin-neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
-        "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim": "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim",
         "nvim_plugin-numToStr/Comment.nvim": "nvim_plugin-numToStr/Comment.nvim",
         "nvim_plugin-nvim-lua/plenary.nvim": "nvim_plugin-nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
         "nvim_plugin-nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim": "nvim_plugin-nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
@@ -963,11 +946,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1761532837,
-        "narHash": "sha256-78mCSQgC/a6/0vWYrvE/g9E3gGsJLyBBGtmHe3ZOLG4=",
+        "lastModified": 1761619008,
+        "narHash": "sha256-vp97eNmi5GG/+jlvnBpmG6EVO2F1+nqMQFF9GT2TIQg=",
         "owner": "oxalica",
         "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "4f5f89f1cfd8553b1285a4a0879ea1b2b05ad286",
+        "rev": "7bc7d2f706ebe5479d230d2c6806b5dc757ae4cd",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
     "nvim_plugin-rafamadriz/friendly-snippets".flake = false;
     "nvim_plugin-ron-rs/ron.vim".url = "github:ron-rs/ron.vim";
     "nvim_plugin-ron-rs/ron.vim".flake = false;
-    "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim".url = "github:nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim";
-    "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim".flake = false;
+    # "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim".url = "github:nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim";
+    # "nvim_plugin-nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim".flake = false;
   };
   outputs =
     {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
       # work then we make a new version name. Helps separate any files and
       # "version" my neovim flake. Use this name for custom .config location
       # ==================
-      version = "hydrogen";
+      version = "helium";
       # ===================
 
       # Utilities
@@ -170,44 +170,6 @@
             "nvim_plugin-nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter" = nvim-treesitter.withAllGrammars;
           };
 
-          # avante-nvim-lib = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
-          #   pname = "avante-nvim-lib";
-          #   version = "0.0.0";
-          #   src = inputs."nvim_plugin-yetone/avante.nvim";
-          #
-          #   buildFeatures = [ "luajit" ];
-          #   doCheck = false;
-          #   cargoLock = {
-          #     lockFile = inputs."nvim_plugin-yetone/avante.nvim" + "/Cargo.lock";
-          #     allowBuiltinFetchGit = true;
-          #   };
-          #
-          #   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          #     pkg-config
-          #   ];
-          #
-          #   buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          #     openssl.dev
-          #   ];
-          #   env = {
-          #     OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = "1";
-          #     OPENSSL_LIB_DIR = "${pkgs.openssl.out}/lib";
-          #     OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR = "${pkgs.openssl.dev}/include";
-          #     OPENSSL_DIR = "${pkgs.openssl.dev}";
-          #   };
-          #   postInstall = ''
-          #     # mv $out/lib/libavante_repo_map.so $out/lib/avante_repo_map.so
-          #     for f in $out/lib/lib*; do
-          #       mv "$f" "$out/lib/''${f##*/lib}"
-          #     done
-          #   '';
-          #   meta = {
-          #     description = "Avante nvim libraries";
-          #     homepage = "https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim";
-          #     license = pkgs.lib.licenses.asl20;
-          #   };
-          # };
-
           # This will be how we put any nix related stuff into our lua config
           luaNixGlobal =
             "NIX="
@@ -226,59 +188,12 @@
                       (builtins.filter (n: builtins.substring 0 12 n == "nvim_plugin-") (builtins.attrNames inputs));
                 });
 
-          # These are appended at the start of the path so that they take precedence over local install tools
+          # All runtime dependencies are now optional and checked lazily by plugins
+          # This keeps the neovim flake lean and allows project devShells to provide tools
           runtimeDependencies = with pkgs; [
-            # tools
-            ripgrep # search
-            fd # search
-            fzf # search fuzzy
-            tree-sitter
-            glow # markdown renderer
-            curl # http requests
-            sshfs # remote dev for nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim
-            # nodePackages.cspell TODO check out `typos` rust checker instead?
-          ];
-
-          # These are appended at the end of the PATH so any local installed tools will take precedence
-          defaultRuntimeDependencies = with pkgs; [
-            # linters
-            markdownlint-cli
-            biome # (t|s)j[x]
-            # formatters
-            stylua
-            nixfmt-rfc-style
-            nodePackages.prettier
-            rustywind
-            markdownlint-cli2
-            sql-formatter
-            libsForQt5.qt5.qtdeclarative # qmlformat
-            # LSPs
-            # python312Packages.tiktoken # needed for copilot chat
-            nil # nix
-            lua-language-server
-            vscode-langservers-extracted # HTML/CSS/JSON/ESLint
-            nodePackages.typescript-language-server
-            nodePackages.svelte-language-server
-            tailwindcss-language-server
-            python312Packages.python-lsp-server
-            rust-analyzer
-            marksman # markdown
-            taplo # toml
-            yaml-language-server
-            lemminx # xml
-            gopls # go
-            # ocamlPackages.ocaml-lsp # ocaml
-            # Other
-            typescript
-            nodejs_24
-            clang
-            # zig
-            (pkgs.rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override {
-              extensions = [
-                "rust-src"
-                "rust-analyzer"
-              ];
-            })
+            ripgrep # search - core to telescope, checked in telescope.lua init
+            fd # file finding - improves telescope performance, checked in telescope.lua init
+            tree-sitter # highlighting
           ];
 
         in
@@ -299,16 +214,13 @@
                 generatedWrapperArgs =
                   old.generatedWrapperArgs or [ ]
                   ++ [
-                    # Add runtime dependencies to neovim path
-                    "--prefix"
-                    "PATH"
-                    ":"
-                    "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeDependencies}"
-                    # Some we will suffix so we pick up the local dev shell intead and default to these otherwise
+                    # Add minimal runtime dependencies to neovim path
+                    # Most tools are now optional and checked at runtime
+                    # Project devShells take precedence via --suffix
                     "--suffix"
                     "PATH"
                     ":"
-                    "${lib.makeBinPath defaultRuntimeDependencies}"
+                    "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeDependencies}"
                   ]
                   ++ [
                     # Set the LAZY env path to the nix store, see init.lua for how it is used

lua/plugins/conform_formatter.lua

@@ -52,14 +52,17 @@ return {
 	"stevearc/conform.nvim",
 	opts = {
 		-- https://github.com/stevearc/conform.nvim?tab=readme-ov-file#setup
+		-- conform.nvim will notify if formatters are missing when format is attempted
 		notify_on_error = true,
+		notify_no_formatters = true,
 		formatters = {
 			-- v_fmt = {
 			--         command = "v",
 			--         args = { "fmt" },
 			-- },
 		},
-		-- Note that all these need to be available at runtime, add them to flake.nix#runtimeDependencies
+		-- Formatters are checked lazily on format attempt
+		-- conform.nvim will show errors if formatters are missing
 		formatters_by_ft = {
 			sql = { "sql_formatter", lsp_format = "first" },
 			lua = { "stylua", lsp_format = "first" },

lua/plugins/lint.lua

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ return {
 			names = vim.tbl_filter(function(name)
 				local linter = lint.linters[name]
 				if not linter then
-					LazyVim.warn("Linter not found: " .. name, { title = "nvim-lint" })
+					vim.notify("Linter not found: " .. name, vim.log.levels.WARN)
 				end
 				return linter and not (type(linter) == "table" and linter.condition and not linter.condition(ctx))
 			end, names)

lua/plugins/lsp.lua

@@ -219,7 +219,16 @@ return {
 			for _, server_name in ipairs(lsp_servers) do
 				local server_opts = servers[server_name] or {}
 				vim.lsp.config(server_name, server_opts)
+				-- Try to enable LSP and show helpful error if server not found
+				local ok, err = pcall(function()
 					vim.lsp.enable(server_name)
+				end)
+				if not ok then
+					vim.notify(
+						string.format("LSP '%s' failed to start. Install it in your project devShell.\nError: %s", server_name, err),
+						vim.log.levels.ERROR
+					)
+				end
 			end
 		else
 			-- TODO test this out on a non nix setup...

lua/plugins/markdown_glow.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ return {
     default_type = "keep",
   },
   cmd = "Glow",
+  config = function(_, opts)
+    -- Check for glow when plugin is first used
+    if not U.cmd_executable("glow") then
+      vim.notify(
+        "'glow' not found on PATH. Install it to use markdown preview.",
+        vim.log.levels.ERROR
+      )
+      return
+    end
+    require("glow").setup(opts)
+  end,
   keys = {
     { "<leader>,m", "<cmd>Glow<cr>", desc = "Markdown preview" },
   },

lua/plugins/remote-sshfs.lua

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-return {
-	"nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim",
-	cmd = {
-		"RemoteSshfs",
-		"RemoteSSHFSConnect",
-		"RemoteSSHFSDisconnect",
-		"RemoteSSHFSEdit",
-		"RemoteSSHFSFindFiles",
-		"RemoteSSHFSLiveGrep",
-	},
-	dependencies = { "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim" },
-	opts = {},
-	config = function(_, opts)
-		require("remote-sshfs").setup(opts)
-		require("telescope").load_extension("remote-sshfs")
-	end,
-}

lua/plugins/telescope.lua

@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ return {
 		{ "aznhe21/actions-preview.nvim", event = "VeryLazy" },
 	},
 	init = function()
+		-- Check for essential telescope tools
 		U.cmd_executable("rg", {
 			[false] = function()
-				vim.notify("rg not installed, live grep will not function.", 2)
+				vim.notify("'rg' (ripgrep) not found. Required for telescope live grep. Install it in your environment.", vim.log.levels.ERROR)
 			end,
 		})
+		
+		-- fd is optional but improves file finding performance
+		if not U.cmd_executable("fd") then
+			vim.notify("'fd' not found. Telescope will use 'find' instead (slower). Consider installing fd.", vim.log.levels.INFO)
+		end
 	end,
 	cmd = "Telescope",
 	opts = function()

lua/plugins_disabled/remote-sshfs.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+return {
+	"nosduco/remote-sshfs.nvim",
+	init = function()
+		-- Check if sshfs is available
+		if not U.cmd_executable("sshfs") then
+			vim.notify(
+				"'sshfs' not found on PATH. Required for RemoteSSHFS commands",
+				vim.log.levels.INFO
+			)
+		end
+	end,
+	cmd = {
+		"RemoteSshfs",
+		"RemoteSSHFSConnect",
+		"RemoteSSHFSDisconnect",
+		"RemoteSSHFSEdit",
+		"RemoteSSHFSFindFiles",
+		"RemoteSSHFSLiveGrep",
+	},
+	dependencies = { "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim" },
+	opts = {},
+	config = function(_, opts)
+		-- Check for sshfs when plugin is first used
+		if not U.cmd_executable("sshfs") then
+			vim.notify(
+				"'sshfs' not found on PATH. Install it to use RemoteSSHFS commands.",
+				vim.log.levels.ERROR
+			)
+		end
+		require("remote-sshfs").setup(opts)
+		require("telescope").load_extension("remote-sshfs")
+	end,
+}

lua/util.lua

@@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ function M.cmd_executable(cmd, callback)
 	return executable
 end
 
+-- Check if command exists and show helpful error if not
+-- @param cmd string: The command to check for
+-- @param feature_name string: Human-readable description of what needs this command
+-- @param level number: vim.log.levels (ERROR, WARN, INFO, etc.) - defaults to ERROR
+-- @return boolean: true if command exists, false otherwise
+function M.require_cmd(cmd, feature_name, level)
+	level = level or vim.log.levels.ERROR
+	if vim.fn.executable(cmd) ~= 1 then
+		vim.notify(
+			string.format("'%s' not found on PATH. Required for: %s", cmd, feature_name),
+			level
+		)
+		return false
+	end
+	return true
+end
+
 --     [1]: (string) lhs (required)
 --     [2]: (string|fun()) rhs (optional)
 --     mode: (string|string[]) mode (optional, defaults to "n")