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How to get the current file type in lua with neovim? I tried following but all of them returns nil.

print(vim.g.filetype) print(vim.b.filetype) print(vim.w.filetype) print(vim.t.filetype) print(vim.v.filetype)
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filetype is a buffer-local option, so you can access it with:

vim.bo.filetype

From :h lua-vim-options:

From Lua you can work with editor |options| by reading and setting items in these Lua tables: vim.w ... vim.bo *vim.bo* Get or set buffer-scoped |local-options|. Invalid key is an error. Example: vim.bo.buflisted = true print(vim.bo.comments) vim.wo ...
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    in my init.lua printing this doesn't show anything, but :lua print(vim.bo.filetype) shows the correct type - why is that? Commented Jun 6, 2024 at 19:09
  • Perhaps because your print statement occurs before the editor has detected the filetype? Commented Jun 10, 2024 at 19:48

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