Avoiding name conflicts in ~/.config/nvim/lua/

Question

I've installed telescope.nvim plugin for NeoVim. Now, I would like to put some configuration code related to this plugin in this file:

~/.config/nvim/lua/telescope.lua

In my init.lua file, I've loaded the plugin, and I've added this line, intending it to load my custom telescope.lua:

require('telescope')

However, this fails silently. I know think the problem is a name conflict with the telescope plugin. If I rename my file to something else, like ~/.config/nvim/lua/tt.lua, and change the line correspondingly, it works as expected:

require('tt')

Is there a way to load the file I intend, without running into naming conflicts? Can I do something like this in my init.lua file?

require('~/.config/nvim/lua/telescope.lua')

Answer 1

Most configs I've seen handle this by putting a my directory inside the lua directory. This would allow you to do:

require("my.telescope")