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https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.comment

Neovim Lua plugin for fast and familiar per-line commenting. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.
https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.comment

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Neovim Lua plugin for fast and familiar per-line commenting. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.

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### Comment lines

See more details in [Features](#features) and [help file](doc/mini-comment.txt).

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⦿ This is a part of [mini.nvim](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim) library. Please use [this link](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/README.md) if you want to mention this module.

⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.

⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.

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If you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out [contributing guides of 'mini.nvim'](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.

## Demo

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24854248/173044250-1a8bceae-8f14-40e2-a678-31aca0cd6c1a.mp4

## Features

- Commenting in Normal mode respects `v:count` and is dot-repeatable.
- Comment structure is inferred from 'commentstring': either from current buffer or from locally active tree-sitter language (only on Neovim>=0.9). It can be customized via `options.custom_commentstring`.
- Handles both tab and space indenting (but not when they are mixed).
- Allows custom hooks before and after successful commenting.
- Configurable options for some nuanced behavior.

Notes:
- To use tree-sitter aware commenting, global value of 'commentstring' should be `''` (empty string). This is the default value in Neovim>=0.9, so make sure to not set it manually.

## Installation

This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (**recommended**) or as a standalone Git repository.

There are two branches to install from:

- `main` (default, **recommended**) will have latest development version of plugin. All changes since last stable release should be perceived as being in beta testing phase (meaning they already passed alpha-testing and are moderately settled).
- `stable` will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in `main` branch.

Here are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):

With mini.deps



Github repo
Branch Code snippet




'mini.nvim' library Main Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation


Stable


Standalone plugin Main add('echasnovski/mini.comment')


Stable add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.comment', checkout = 'stable' })

With folke/lazy.nvim



Github repo
Branch Code snippet




'mini.nvim' library
Main { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },


Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },


Standalone plugin
Main { 'echasnovski/mini.comment', version = false },


Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.comment', version = '*' },

With junegunn/vim-plug



Github repo
Branch Code snippet




'mini.nvim' library
Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'


Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }


Standalone plugin Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.comment'


Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.comment', { 'branch': 'stable' }


**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.comment').setup()` to enable its functionality.

**Note**: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like `error: unable to create file : Filename too long`). Try doing one of the following:
- Enable corresponding git global config value: `git config --system core.longpaths true`. Then try to reinstall.
- Install plugin in other place with shorter path.

## Default config

```lua
-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.
{
-- Options which control module behavior
options = {
-- Function to compute custom 'commentstring' (optional)
custom_commentstring = nil,

-- Whether to ignore blank lines when commenting
ignore_blank_line = false,

-- Whether to recognize as comment only lines without indent
start_of_line = false,

-- Whether to force single space inner padding for comment parts
pad_comment_parts = true,
},

-- Module mappings. Use `''` (empty string) to disable one.
mappings = {
-- Toggle comment (like `gcip` - comment inner paragraph) for both
-- Normal and Visual modes
comment = 'gc',

-- Toggle comment on current line
comment_line = 'gcc',

-- Toggle comment on visual selection
comment_visual = 'gc',

-- Define 'comment' textobject (like `dgc` - delete whole comment block)
-- Works also in Visual mode if mapping differs from `comment_visual`
textobject = 'gc',
},

-- Hook functions to be executed at certain stage of commenting
hooks = {
-- Before successful commenting. Does nothing by default.
pre = function() end,
-- After successful commenting. Does nothing by default.
post = function() end,
},
}
```

## Similar plugins

- Built-in commenting in Neovim>=0.10, see `:h commenting` (implemented with 'mini.comment' as reference)
- [numToStr/Comment.nvim](https://github.com/numToStr/Comment.nvim)
- [tpope/vim-commentary](https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary)
- [preservim/nerdcommenter](https://github.com/preservim/nerdcommenter)
- [b3nj5m1n/kommentary](https://github.com/b3nj5m1n/kommentary)