Add Create User Command To Open Init Config as a Neovim TIL

neovim/create-user-command-to-open-init-config.md

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+# Create User Command To Open Init Config
+
+I'm experimenting with a fresh Neovim configuration using
+[kickstart](https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim). That means I'm
+frequently navigating to my `init.lua` file to add and adjust things that I
+find are missing from my workflow.
+
+I got tired of typing out the path—in my case `~/.config/nvim/init.lua`—every
+single time I wanted to edit it. So, I typed out that path one last time so
+that I could add a custom user command.
+
+```
+-- Open this config file
+vim.api.nvim_create_user_command(
+  'Config',
+  "e ~/.config/nvim/init.lua",
+  {bang = true, desc = "Open init.lua Neovim config"}
+)
+```
+
+This uses [the lua command
+API](https://neovim.io/doc/user/api.html#api-command) to create a user-defined
+command.
+
+When I invoke `:Config` from the Neovim command prompt and hit enter, Neovim
+will effectively replace that command with the second argument to that command
+— `:e ~/.config/nvim/init.lua`. Which opens me up to the config file.