v1.1.0

Highlight Groups

As of neovim v0.10, several highlight groups have changed. You may need to update your config if you are using or overriding any of the groups listed in the following sections. You can also view the affected groups directly in neovim with :help github-theme.nvim-0.10.0.hlgroups.

Highlight Groups Renamed

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Old Group	New Group
@conditional	@keyword.conditional
@debug	@keyword.debug
@define	@keyword.directive or @keyword.directive.define
@exception	@keyword.exception
@field	@variable.member
@float	@number.float
@include	@keyword.import
@method	@function.method
@method.call	@function.method.call
@namespace	@module
@parameter	@variable.parameter
@preproc	@keyword.directive
@punctuation.special	@markup.list (markdown lists only; move subitems from @text.todo)
@repeat	@keyword.repeat
@storageclass	@keyword.storage
@string.regex	@string.regexp
@string.special	@markup.link.label (non-url links)
@symbol	@string.special.symbol
@text.*	@markup.{strong,italic,link,strikethrough} (with exceptions; see below)
@text.diff.{add,delete,}	@diff.{plus,minus,delta}
@text.literal	@markup.raw
@text.reference	@markup.link
@text.title	@markup.heading
@text.uri	@markup.link.url (in markup links)
@text.uri	@string.special.url (outside markup)
@text.{todo,warning,note,danger}	@comment.{todo,warning,note,error}

Highlight Groups Removed

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Group	Comment
VertSplit	use WinSeparator instead
@error	there appears to be no replacement at this time

Highlight Groups Added

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The following is a list of groups which have been added to neovim since the beginning of 2024 and does not include any of the groups mentioned in the previous sections.

Group	Description
@attribute	attribute annotations (e.g. Python decorators, Rust lifetimes)
@attribute.builtin	builtin annotations (e.g. @property in Python)
@comment.documentation	comments documenting code
@function.call	function calls
@keyword.conditional.ternary	ternary operator (e.g. ?, :)
@keyword.coroutine	keywords related to coroutines (e.g. go in Go, async/await in Python)
@keyword.function	keywords that define a function (e.g. func in Go, def in Python)
@keyword.modifier	keywords defining type modifiers (e.g. const, static, public)
@keyword.operator	operators that are English words (e.g. and, or)
@keyword.return	keywords like return and yield
@keyword.type	keywords defining composite types (e.g. struct, enum)
@markup.heading.1	top-level heading
@markup.heading.2	section heading
@markup.heading.3	subsection heading
@markup.heading.4	and so on
@markup.heading.5	and so forth
@markup.heading.6	six levels ought to be enough for anybody
@markup.list.checked	checked todo-style list markers
@markup.list.unchecked	unchecked todo-style list markers
@markup.math	math environments (e.g. $ ... $ in LaTeX)
@markup.quote	block quotes
@markup.raw.block	literal or verbatim text as a stand-alone block
@module.builtin	built-in modules or namespaces
@punctuation.bracket	brackets (e.g. (), {}, [])
@punctuation.delimiter	delimiters (e.g. ;, ., ,)
@punctuation.special	special symbols (e.g. {} in string interpolation)
@string.documentation	string documenting code (e.g. Python docstrings)
@string.special.path	filenames (e.g. those in .gitignore)
@tag.attribute	XML-style tag attributes
@tag.builtin	XML-style tag names (e.g. HTML5 tags)
@tag.delimiter	XML-style tag delimiters
@type.builtin	built-in types
@variable.builtin	built-in variable names (e.g. this, self)
@variable.parameter.builtin	special parameters (e.g. _, it)
PmenuMatch	Popup menu: Matched text in normal item.
PmenuSel	Popup menu: Matched text in selected item.
SnippetTabstop	Tabstops in snippets. :help vim.snippet
StatusLineTerm	Status line of terminal window.
StatusLineTermNC	Status line of non-current terminal windows.
Added	added line in a diff (e.g. diffAdded links to this)
Changed	changed line in a diff (e.g. diffChanged links to this)
Removed	removed line in a diff (e.g. diffRemoved links to this)

Configuration Deprecation and Migration

• Reverted/renamed options.darken.sidebars.enabled back to options.darken.sidebars.enable (see #343)

What's New?

• Added new highlight groups for mini.nvim (#333 by @echasnovski)
• Improved highlight-group overrides (#349)
• Assigning false or an empty table to a highlight group clears it
• Assigning false to groups/specs/palettes clears previous settings from the config store for that category
• Loading/sourcing colorscheme now causes recompilation if config or overrides changed, even if setup() was called before
• Refactored and improved Color lib (LSP types and descriptions, code-dedupe, stricter ctor, etc.) (#352)
• Added and improved types (LSP) for groups, config, and modules (#354)
• Added tests and greatly improved test coverage
• The highlighting of gitignore files has improved

Changes

• Clarify options.transparent in README (resolves #327)
• Renamed function Color:lumanance() -> Color:luminance() in Color lib (typo/misspelling)
• Changed Lua function/method calls to default pinkish color, but left builtin functions untouched (as a different color)

Issues Fix

• Fixed punctuation.delimiter treesitter group nearly invisible (#329 fixed-by #331)
• Closed #305 (no longer valid, fixed)
• Closed #292 (no longer valid, fixed)
• fix(config): options.darken.floats is not used (#345)
• fix(compiler): consider entire config when hashing (#350) (related-to #262, #340, #341)
• fix(compiler): always write hash to fs when compile occurs incl. when require('github-theme').compile() is called directly (#350)
• Fixed #340 and #341 (broken/outdated overrides example in docs)
• Fixed floats not transparent when transparent = true (#337 fixed-by #351)
• fix(Color): Color.from_hsv() is used for HSL
• Fixed sidebar is not darkened when configured to do so (affects neo-tree, etc.) (#306 fixed-by #343)

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Full Changelog: v1.0.2...v1.1.0