dotfiles/symlinks/config/nvim/lua/init/first_load.lua

-- Adopted from https://github.com/tjdevries/config_manager/blob/master/xdg_config/nvim/lua/tj/first_load.lua
local download_packer = function()
    if vim.fn.input("Download Packer? (y for yes)") ~= "y" then
        return
    end

    local directory = string.format("%s/site/pack/packer/start/", vim.fn.stdpath("data"))

    vim.fn.mkdir(directory, "p")

    local out =
        vim.fn.system(
        string.format("git clone %s %s", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", directory .. "/packer.nvim")
    )

    print(out)
    print("Downloading packer.nvim...")
    vim.api.nvim_command("PackerCompile")
    vim.api.nvim_command("PackerInstall")
    print("( You'll need to restart now )")
end

return function()
    if not pcall(require, "packer") then
        download_packer()

        return true
    end

    return false
end