From 9c02aa9fb928c5b39ba27fab9daa4bafec4eec17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prad Nukala <prad@sonr.io>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:52:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs(plugins): improve comment on neo-tree source merge
 handling

---
 lua/plugins/neotree.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/plugins/neotree.lua b/lua/plugins/neotree.lua
index e976ba7..76f3128 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/neotree.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/neotree.lua
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ return {
         },
       })
       -- deep merge of list values is index wise, so AstroNvim's extra sources
-      -- survive a `sources = { "filesystem" }` override: assign instead
+      -- survive a `sources = { "filesystem" }` override: assign instead.
+      -- (`:checkhealth neo-tree` then reports config.buffers/git_status
+      -- `renderers: expected ?, got nil` - stock neo-tree does the same with a
+      -- single source, those sections are simply never loaded.)
       opts.sources = { "filesystem" }
       -- git reports ignored paths in a second pass, and neo-tree's own
       -- GIT_STATUS_CHANGED handler only redraws the nodes it already has, so