bug: "attempt to call field 'lazy_table' (a nil value)" with Lazy.nvim

[ziutech]

Error is shown when opening neovim with config provided below. In my regular config, where I have more plugins, this bug is shown only sometimes (I open neovim three times - nothing happens; I open fourth time - it crashes), so maybe it's some kind of race condition? I don't fully understand how lazy loading works in neovim.

I'm not sure whether this bug report belongs here or in Lazy.nvim, but I thought it might be better to start here.

Error message

Error detected while processing BufWinEnter Autocommands for "*":
Error executing lua callback: ...ztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/init.lua:737: attempt to call field 'lazy_table' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
        ...ztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/init.lua:737: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/from_lua.lua:27: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...ysztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:76: in function <...ysztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:75>
Error executing lua callback: .../nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/from_snipmate.lua:1: loop or previous error loading module 'luasnip'
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'require'
        .../nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/from_snipmate.lua:1: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...ysztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:84: in function <...ysztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:83>
Error executing lua callback: ...re/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/from_vscode.lua:1: loop or previous error loading module 'luasnip'
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...re/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/from_vscode.lua:1: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...ysztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:92: in function <...ysztof/.local/share/nvim/lazy/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:91>

init.lua:

local root = vim.fn.fnamemodify("./.repro", ":p")

-- set stdpaths to use .repro
for _, name in ipairs({ "config", "data", "state", "cache" }) do
	vim.env[("XDG_%s_HOME"):format(name:upper())] = root .. "/" .. name
end

local lazypath = root .. "/plugins/lazy.nvim"
if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
	vim.fn.system({
		"git",
		"clone",
		"--filter=blob:none",
		"--single-branch",
		"https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git",
		lazypath,
	})
end
vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend(lazypath)
require("lazy").setup({
	{
		"L3MON4D3/LuaSnip",
		build = "make install_jsregexp",
	},
})

Neovim version: v0.8.3

[leiserfg]

Did you have packer before? If so, check if the old installation is still there (rm -r .local/share/nvim/ is the faster way).

[ziutech]

Yup, removing ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer fixed it. Thanks and sorry!

[leiserfg]

Don't worry, I had the same issue 😄

[codeDude64]

Don't worry, I had the same issue smile

X3

Should this information be in the documentation 😆?

[leiserfg]

I think it's better to pin this issue because this is not a Luasnip (only) problem and not everybody uses Lazy.

[L3MON4D3]

Good idea👍
Seems to be common enough xD