inital commit,

initalized from nix flake init -t github:BirdeeHub/nixCats-nvim#example.

lua/nixCatsUtils/catPacker.lua

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+--[[
+  This directory is the luaUtils template.
+  You can choose what things from it that you would like to use.
+  And then delete the rest.
+  Everything in this directory is optional.
+--]]
+
+local M = {}
+-- NOTE: This function is for defining a paq.nvim fallback method of downloading plugins
+-- when nixCats was not used to install your config.
+-- If you only ever load your config using nixCats, you don't need this file.
+
+-- it literally just only runs it when not on nixCats
+-- all neovim package managers that use the regular plugin loading scheme
+-- can be used this way, just do whatever the plugin manager needs to put it in the
+-- opt directory for lazy loading, and add the build steps so that when theres no nix the steps are ran
+function M.setup(v)
+  if not vim.g[ [[nixCats-special-rtp-entry-nixCats]] ] then
+    local function clone_paq()
+      local path = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/paqs/start/paq-nvim"
+      local is_installed = vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(path)) == 0
+      if not is_installed then
+        vim.fn.system { "git", "clone", "--depth=1", "https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git", path }
+        return true
+      end
+    end
+    local function bootstrap_paq(packages)
+      local first_install = clone_paq()
+      vim.cmd.packadd("paq-nvim")
+      local paq = require("paq")
+      if first_install then
+        vim.notify("Installing plugins... If prompted, hit Enter to continue.")
+      end
+      paq(packages)
+      paq.install()
+    end
+    bootstrap_paq(vim.list_extend({"savq/paq-nvim"},v))
+  end
+end
+return M