The Second Machine, and Trying Things Safely

A new machine#

git clone [email protected]:you/nvim-config.git ~/.config/nvim
nvim

lazy.nvim reads lazy-lock.json and installs the exact commits you had. Not “the latest”, which may have broken something this morning — the versions you know work.

Trying things without fear#

git checkout -b try-new-colorscheme

Change whatever you like. If it works, merge. If it does not:

git checkout main

and it never happened. This is what makes it safe to be adventurous with a config you depend on daily.

Updating deliberately#

:Lazy update

then commit the changed lazy-lock.json. If an update breaks something, git checkout lazy-lock.json and :Lazy restore put you back.