Can't open paths containing '.git' from commandline

[NicolaiRuckel]

Describe the bug I installed the neovim-gtk-git package from the AUR. When I try to open a file in the .git folder from the commandline, neovim-gtk opens just a new unnamed file.

Steps to reproduce the bug Go to any Git repository and run

$ nvim-gtk .git/config

Alternatively, you could create any folder named .git

$ mkdir .git
$ touch .git/foo
$ echo bar >> .git/foo

When I open this file with nvim .git/foo I can see the line "bar", nvim-gtk .git/foo opens an empty file in the directory containing the .git folder.

Other files in hidden folders work as expected, e.g.

$ mkdir .bar
$ touch .bar/foo
$ echo baz >> .bar/foo

Both nvim and nvim-gtk show the correct file.

Technical information:

• OS: Archlinux
• Neovim version: 0.3.1
• Neovim-Gtk build version: 828a78b68f15aed381d846cb70ff05b127b6d86e

$ nvim --version
NVIM v0.3.1
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.0.5
Compilation: /usr/bin/cc -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt -Wconversion -O2 -DNDEBUG -DMIN_LOG_LEVEL=3 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wimplicit-fallthrough -Wvla -fstack-protector-strong -fdiagnostics-color=auto -Wno-array-bounds -DINCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNVIM_MSGPACK_HAS_FLOAT32 -DNVIM_UNIBI_HAS_VAR_FROM -I/build/neovim/src/build/config -I/build/neovim/src/neovim-0.3.1/src -I/usr/include -I/build/neovim/src/build/src/nvim/auto -I/build/neovim/src/build/include
Compiled by builduser

Features: +acl +iconv +jemalloc +tui
See ":help feature-compile"

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/nvim"

[daa84]

Try it and for me it works. Also neovim 0.2.0 is to old, there was some issues on it, currently minimum supported version is 0.2.2, I use 0.3.1

[NicolaiRuckel]

Sorry, I gave you the nvim-gtk version. My neovim version is 0.3.1 (I edited it in the first comment). The issue also seems only to occur with folders named exactly .git.

[davidsierradz]

It works for me too:

nvim --version
NVIM v0.3.2-896-ge53ae88e7

# I have neovim-gtk up to HEAD
nvim-gtk --version
NeovimGtk 0.2.0

I have vim-dirvish installed $ nvim-gtk .git opens a dirvish buffer with the contents of the .git folder.