Open nvim on VimEnter

[reyniersbram]

I added this code (the current window variant) to my nvim-tree config to open nvim-tree when I open a directory in NeoVim, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Yes, I also put this line below:

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "VimEnter" }, { callback = open_nvim_tree })

but when I comment it out, I get the exact same behaviour.

I tinkered with the if-test a little bit, but I'm unable to grow any wiser from it.

Can someone explain to me what exactly is happening in this snippet of code?

Thanks in advance

[alex-courtis]

Some avenues of investigation:

Add a print statement inside your open_nvim_tree function to ensure it's actually running.

Ensure you're not using any lazy loading plugin startup that may interfere with your autocommands.

Ensure netrw is disabled, see :help nvim-tree-quickstart

Disable directory hijacking which may interefere with your startup, see :help nvim-tree.hijack_directories