Lazy-loading dependencies, too

[subsetpark]

Describe the feature

I have an entry for Octo, which has a few dependencies:

    use {
        'pwntester/octo.nvim',
        requires = {
            'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim', 'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
            'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons'
        },
        cmd = {'Octo'},
        config = function() require"octo".setup() end,
    }

because cmd is specified, Octo is not loaded at startup. However, its three dependencies, which are not used themselves, are.

...
 • nvim-treesitter
 • nvim-web-devicons
 • octo.nvim (not loaded)
 • packer.nvim
 • plenary.nvim
...

It would be nice if Packer could tell which dependencies are not required by any other package, and load them at the same time it lazy loads the package that requires them.

[kuator]

    use {
        'pwntester/octo.nvim',
        wants = {
            'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim', 'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
            'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons'
        },
        cmd = {'Octo'},
        config = function() require"octo".setup() end,
    }

Does it work if you replace require with wants?

[xulongwu4]

I think this is the same issue as mentioned in #803

[weilbith]

Anyone found a solution to this?