feat: auto-quit vim if oil is closed as last buffer

README.md

@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ require("oil").setup({
   constrain_cursor = "editable",
   -- Set to true to watch the filesystem for changes and reload oil
   watch_for_changes = false,
+  -- Automatically quit vim if Oil is closed and no other buffers are open
+  auto_close_last_buffer = false,
   -- Keymaps in oil buffer. Can be any value that `vim.keymap.set` accepts OR a table of keymap
   -- options with a `callback` (e.g. { callback = function() ... end, desc = "", mode = "n" })
   -- Additionally, if it is a string that matches "actions.<name>",

lua/oil/config.lua

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ local default_config = {
   constrain_cursor = "editable",
   -- Set to true to watch the filesystem for changes and reload oil
   watch_for_changes = false,
+  -- Automatically quit vim if Oil is closed and no other buffers are open
+  auto_close_last_buffer = false,
   -- Keymaps in oil buffer. Can be any value that `vim.keymap.set` accepts OR a table of keymap
   -- options with a `callback` (e.g. { callback = function() ... end, desc = "", mode = "n" })
   -- Additionally, if it is a string that matches "actions.<name>",

lua/oil/init.lua

@@ -417,8 +417,14 @@ M.close = function()
   local oilbuf = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
   ok = pcall(vim.cmd.bprev)
   if not ok then
-    -- If `bprev` failed, there are no buffers open so we should create a new one with enew
-    vim.cmd.enew()
+    local config = require("oil.config")
+    -- If `bprev` failed, there are no buffers open. then,
+    if config.auto_close_last_buffer then
+      vim.cmd("quit")
+    else
+      -- we should create a new one with enew
+      vim.cmd.enew()
+    end
   end
   vim.api.nvim_buf_delete(oilbuf, { force = true })
 end