Do you need to configure your environment as luassert

[sarmong]

I started getting the following message in neovim when this server is attached.
Is this related to lua-language-server?
If yes, what does it mean?

[carsakiller]

Hello and welcome!

Yes, that is a feature of the language server. That is using the "environment emulation" feature to suggest applying a library/framework when a certain keyword or filename has been found.

Selecting 1 will apply the library/framework so that you get completion and intellisense for it. This will be applied to your workspace settings so that every time you load your project up, you still receive intellisense for that library/framework (at least that is how it works on VS Code, NeoVim may work differently).

Selecting 2 will apply the library/framework, but only temporarily in memory, so the next time you load your project, you won't have intellisense.

Selecting 3 will stop suggesting environment emulations in that workspace.

[carsakiller]

@sullyj3 I haven't used Neovim, but as far as I know, it uses busted and luassert, not sure about luv. I know a few people have had the addons for them recommended when editing Neovim files although that is about all the detail I know.

[WhyNotHugo]

I get these prompts when editing neovim plugins, but my neovim configuration itself.

The reason that I don't want to create a .luarc.json inside each project that prompts is that they're all sub-modules of my dotfiles repository. If/when this file exists, they're shown as "dirty" and having uncommitted changes... which makes it really hard to find plugins that really have "real" uncommitted changes.

I'm only being prompted for luassert.

[WhyNotHugo]

A quick ag reveals that plug-ins do lua luassert:

> ag luasser
tests/indent/common.lua
3:local assert = require "luassert"

[futurisold]

@WhyNotHugo, did you find a way to always select an option by default?

[WhyNotHugo]

Yes, I added checkThirdParty = true to my config:

   lua_ls = {
     settings = {
       -- See: https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/41a8269/doc/server_configurations.md#sumneko_lua
       Lua = {
         runtime = {
           version = "LuaJIT",
         },
         diagnostics = {
           globals = { "vim" },
         },
         workspace = {
+          checkThirdParty = true,
           library = {
             vim.env.VIMRUNTIME,
           },
         },
         telemetry = {
           enable = false,
         },
       },
     },

See: https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server/blob/06cad0c6ae16b26900d3d10f77d02f6e10dba87d/doc/en-us/config.md#workspacecheckthirdparty