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feat: session restore is no longer experimental and is always enabled for Nvim >= 0.13 #3371

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11 changes: 5 additions & 6 deletions doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
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Expand Up @@ -879,6 +879,11 @@ keep using |netrw| without its browser features please ensure:
|nvim_tree.config| {disable_netrw}` = false`
|nvim_tree.config| {hijack_netrw}` = true`

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Sessions *nvim-tree-sessions*

nvim-tree restores its buffers when restoring vim sessions (for nvim 0.13+).

@alex-courtis alex-courtis Oct 20, 2026

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Could you add a note about where the file is saved, similar to nvim-tree-config-bookmarks?

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Legacy *nvim-tree-legacy*

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1911,11 +1916,6 @@ Config: experimental *nvim-tree-config-experimental*
In the event of a problem please disable the experiment and raise an
issue.

Fields: ~
• {session_restore_nvim}? (`boolean`, default: `true`) Restore
nvim-tree buffers when restoring vim sessions
(requires 0.13+).

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Config: log *nvim-tree-config-log*

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2221,7 +2221,6 @@ Following is the default configuration, see |nvim_tree.config| for details. >lua
persist = false,
},
experimental = {
session_restore_nvim = true
},
log = {
enable = false,
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3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions lua/nvim-tree/_meta/config/experimental.lua
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Expand Up @@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ error("Cannot require a meta file")
---
---@class nvim_tree.config.experimental
---
---Restore nvim-tree buffers when restoring vim sessions (requires 0.13+).
---(default: `true`)
---@field session_restore_nvim? boolean
--Example below for future reference:
--
--Buffers opened by nvim-tree will use with relative paths instead of absolute.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lua/nvim-tree/autocmd.lua
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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function M.global()
end,
})

if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.13") == 1 and config.g.experimental.session_restore_nvim then
if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.13") == 1 then
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("SessionWritePre", { ---@diagnostic disable-line: param-type-mismatch
group = augroup_id,
callback = function()
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion lua/nvim-tree/config.lua
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Expand Up @@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ M.d = { -- config-default-start
persist = false,
},
experimental = {
session_restore_nvim = true
},
log = {
enable = false,
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