Use nvim as IDE with NvChad

nvchad_install.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if Neovim is installed
if ! command -v nvim &> /dev/null
then
    read -p "Neovim is not installed. Do you have root access to install it globally? (y/n) " root_choice
    case "$root_choice" in 
      y|Y ) 
        # OS-specific Neovim installation
        if [[ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]]; then
          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install neovim  -y
        elif [[ -x "$(command -v yum)" ]]; then
          sudo yum install neovim
        elif [[ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]]; then
          sudo dnf install neovim
        else
          echo "Unsupported OS for automatic Neovim installation"
          exit 1
        fi        
        ;;
      n|N ) 
        read -p "Do you want to install it locally? (y/n) " local_choice
        case "$local_choice" in 
          y|Y ) 
          # Handling the existing Neovim directory
          if [ -d /tmp/neovim ]; then
              if [ -d /tmp/neovim/.git ]; then
                  echo "Updating existing Neovim repository in /tmp/neovim..."
                  git -C /tmp/neovim pull
              else
                  echo "Removing non-git neovim directory and cloning afresh..."
                  rm -rf /tmp/neovim
                  git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim.git /tmp/neovim
              fi
          else
              git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim.git /tmp/neovim
          fi

          cd /tmp/neovim
          # Configure the build with local prefix
          make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
          cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local -G Ninja
          # Build and install using Ninja
          ninja -C build
          ninja -C build install
          # Add local bin to PATH if not already done
          if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/.local/bin:"* ]]; then
              echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
              source ~/.bashrc
          fi
          ;;
          n|N ) 
            echo "Neovim is required for nvChad. Please install Neovim and run the script again."
            exit 1
            ;;
          * ) 
            echo "Invalid choice. Please respond with 'y' or 'n'."
            exit 1
            ;;
        esac
        ;;
      * ) 
        echo "Invalid choice. Please respond with 'y' or 'n'."
        exit 1
        ;;
    esac
else
    # Check Neovim version
    installed_version=$(nvim --version | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
    required_version="0.8.0"

    if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$required_version" "$installed_version" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "$required_version" ]; then
        echo "Installed Neovim version ($installed_version) is less than the required version ($required_version)."
        echo "Please update Neovim to at least version $required_version."
        exit 1
    fi
fi

# Check if nvChad is already installed
if [ -d ~/.config/nvim/NvChad ]; then
    echo "nvChad is already installed."
else
    # Create a temporary directory for cloning
    temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
    # Clone nvChad into the temporary directory
    git clone https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad "$temp_dir/NvChad" --depth 1

    # Check if the clone was successful
    if [ -d "$temp_dir/NvChad" ]; then
        echo "Moving files to ~/.config/nvim..."

        # Using rsync to move and merge directories
        rsync -av --exclude='.git' "$temp_dir/NvChad/" ~/.config/nvim/

        # Remove the temporary directory
        rm -rf "$temp_dir"
        # Launch nvim
        nvim
    else
        echo "Failed to clone NvChad repository."
        exit 1
    fi
fi