close-buffers.nvim

Lua port of close-buffers.vim with several feature extensions. This plugin allows you to quickly delete multiple buffers based on the conditions provided.

Requirements

Neovim >= 0.5

Installation

packer.nvim

use 'kazhala/close-buffers.nvim'

vim-plug

plug 'kazhala/close-buffers.nvim'

Configuration

require('close_buffers').setup({
  filetype_ignore = {},  -- Filetype to ignore when running deletions
  file_glob_ignore = {},  -- File name glob pattern to ignore when running deletions (e.g. '*.md')
  file_regex_ignore = {}, -- File name regex pattern to ignore when running deletions (e.g. '.*[.]md')
  preserve_window_layout = { 'this', 'nameless' },  -- Types of deletion that should preserve the window layout
  next_buffer_cmd = nil,  -- Custom function to retrieve the next buffer when preserving window layout
})

Example

By default, the next_buffer_cmd will attempt to get the next buffer by using the vim buffer ID.

This may not be as useful if you use bufferline plugins like nvim-bufferline.lua since you can rearrange the buffer orders ignoring the buffer ID. The following example will use the cycle command provided by nvim-bufferline.lua to get the next buffer when preserving the window layout.

require('close_buffers').setup({
  preserve_window_layout = { 'this' },
  next_buffer_cmd = function(windows)
    require('bufferline').cycle(1)
    local bufnr = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()

    for _, window in ipairs(windows) do
      vim.api.nvim_win_set_buf(window, bufnr)
    end
  end,
})

vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(
  'n',
  '<leader>th',
  [[<CMD>lua require('close_buffers').delete({type = 'hidden'})<CR>]],
  { noremap = true, silent = true }
)
vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(
  'n',
  '<leader>tu',
  [[<CMD>lua require('close_buffers').delete({type = 'nameless'})<CR>]],
  { noremap = true, silent = true }
)
vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(
  'n',
  '<leader>tc',
  [[<CMD>lua require('close_buffers').delete({type = 'this'})<CR>]],
  { noremap = true, silent = true }
)

Usage

Lua

-- bdelete
require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 'hidden', force = true }) -- Delete all non-visible buffers
require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 'nameless' }) -- Delete all buffers without name
require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 'this' }) -- Delete the current buffer
require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 1 }) -- Delete the specified buffer number
require('close_buffers').delete({ regex = '.*[.]md' }) -- Delete all buffers matching the regex

-- bwipeout
require('close_buffers').wipe({ type = 'all', force = true }) -- Wipe all buffers
require('close_buffers').wipe({ type = 'other' }) -- Wipe all buffers except the current focused
require('close_buffers').wipe({ type = 'hidden', glob = '*.lua' }) -- Wipe all buffers matching the glob

Vim

The plugin exposes 2 vim commands, BDelete and BWipeout. Each takes a single argument listed under the options section. To force a deletion, simply append the command with a bang.

:BDelete! hidden
:BDelete nameless
:BDelete this
:BDelete 1
:BDelete regex='.*[.].md'

:BWipeout! all
:BWipeout other
:BWipeout hidden glob=*.lua

Options

type

type	description
hidden	Delete all listed buffers that's not visible in the current window
nameless	Delete all listed buffers without name
this	Delete the current focused buffer without changing the window layout
all	Delete all listed buffers
other	Delete all listed buffers except the current focused buffer

bufnr

The bufnr would be one of the result from the vim :ls command.

You can also directly delete a buffer by providing buffer number as the type. The type argument will automatically change to this when specifying a buffer number as the type.

require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 1 }) -- Delete buffer with number 1

:BDelete 1

force

Append a bang to the bwipeout or bdelete commands to force a deletion.

require('close_buffers').this({ type = 'this', force = true })

:BDelete! this

regex

Using this argument will take precedence over file_regex_ignore setting.

Delete buffers which matches the regex provided. When providing regex as an argument, the type argument can be optional which will fallback to the value all.

require('close_buffers').delete({ regex = '.*[.]md', force = true }) -- Delete all markdown buffers
require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 'hidden', regex = '.*[.]lua' }) -- Delete all hidden lua buffers

:BDelete! regex=.*[.]md
:BDelete hidden regex=.*[.]lua

glob

Using this argument will take precedence over file_glob_ignore setting.

Similar to regex, delete buffers which matches the glob pattern provided. When providing glob as an argument, the type argument can be optional which will fallback to the value all.

require('close_buffers').delete({ glob = '*.md', force = true }) -- Delele all markdown buffers
require('close_buffers').delete({ type = 'hidden', glob = '*.lua' }) -- Delete all hidden lua buffers

:BDelete! glob=*.md
:BDelete hidden glob=*.lua

Credit

• close-buffers.vim
• bufdelete.nvim