WARNING vim.validate is deprecated. Feature will be removed in Nvim 1.0 #3122

traviswsims · 2025-05-08T19:11:22Z

Environment

NVIM v0.11.1
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1744318430

nvim-tree.lua 1.12.0 (2025-04-20)

Description

When running :checkhealth, I see the following output:

==============================================================================
vim.deprecated:                       require("vim.deprecated.health").check()

 ~
- ⚠️ WARNING vim.validate is deprecated. Feature will be removed in Nvim 1.0
  - ADVICE:
    - use vim.validate(name, value, validator, optional_or_msg) instead.
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:9
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:10
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:13
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:14
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:15
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:18
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:21
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:24
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:38
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:41
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:44
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        [C]:-1
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua:352
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:62
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/legacy.lua:91
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree.lua:712
        /Users/me/development/dotfiles/nvim/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua:27
    - stack traceback:
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/util/util.lua:272
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/init.lua:136
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:78
    - stack traceback:
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/util/util.lua:272
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/init.lua:136
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:78
        [C]:-1
        vim/_editor.lua:0
        /opt/homebrew/Cellar/neovim/0.11.1/share/nvim/runtime/lua/vim/health.lua:379
        nvim>:1
    - stack traceback:
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/util/util.lua:272
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/init.lua:136
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:78
        [C]:-1
        /opt/homebrew/Cellar/neovim/0.11.1/share/nvim/runtime/lua/vim/health.lua:386
        nvim>:1
    - stack traceback:
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/util/util.lua:272
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/lua/luasnip/loaders/init.lua:136
        /Users/me/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/LuaSnip/plugin/luasnip.lua:78
        [C]:-1
        /opt/homebrew/Cellar/neovim/0.11.1/share/nvim/runtime/lua/vim/health.lua:456

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lcheylus · 2025-05-08T20:01:39Z

vim.validate(opts: table) is deprecated in Neovim 0.11 => see https://neovim.io/doc/user/deprecated.html#_deprecated-in-0.11
vim.validate form 1 must be used => https://neovim.io/doc/user/lua.html#vim.validate()

vim.validate used in lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua, line 352

nvim-tree.lua/lua/nvim-tree/utils.lua

Lines 351 to 364 in ea5097a

    
           function M.move_missing_val(src, src_path, src_pos, dst, dst_path, dst_pos, remove) 
        
             local ok, err = pcall(vim.validate, { 
        
               src = { src, "table" }, 
        
               src_path = { src_path, "string" }, 
        
               src_pos = { src_pos, "string" }, 
        
               dst = { dst, "table" }, 
        
               dst_path = { dst_path, "string" }, 
        
               dst_pos = { dst_pos, "string" }, 
        
               remove = { remove, "boolean" }, 
        
             }) 
        
             if not ok then 
        
               notify.warn("move_missing_val: " .. (err or "invalid arguments")) 
        
               return 
        
             end

LuaSnip plugin applies a recent commit to fix the same type of issue => L3MON4D3/LuaSnip@07a7491

lcheylus · 2025-05-08T20:32:11Z

See also #3096 => it seems this block of validate could be simply removed.

alex-courtis · 2025-05-09T00:00:41Z

Thanks for bringing this up, fixed.

alex-courtis added a commit that referenced this issue May 8, 2025

fix(#3122): remove redundant vim.validate

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alex-courtis mentioned this issue May 8, 2025

fix(#3122): remove redundant vim.validate #3123

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alex-courtis closed this as completed in #3123 May 9, 2025

alex-courtis added a commit that referenced this issue May 9, 2025

fix(#3122): remove redundant vim.validate (#3123)

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github-actions bot mentioned this issue May 9, 2025

chore(master): release nvim-tree 1.13.0 #3120

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WARNING vim.validate is deprecated. Feature will be removed in Nvim 1.0 #3122

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traviswsims commented May 8, 2025

lcheylus commented May 8, 2025 •

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alex-courtis commented May 9, 2025

WARNING vim.validate is deprecated. Feature will be removed in Nvim 1.0 #3122

WARNING vim.validate is deprecated. Feature will be removed in Nvim 1.0 #3122

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