What is vim-just?

Vim-just is a plugin that adds syntax highlighting for "justfiles" in the Vim and Neovim text editors. If you use a tool called "just" to organize and run project commands, this plugin makes those justfiles much easier to read by color-coding the text. It works with Vim 8 and later, or Neovim 0.4 and later. "just" is a command-line tool that lets you write simple shortcuts for repetitive project tasks, similar to a makefile. When you open one of these files in Vim or Neovim, the editor doesn't inherently know how to format it. This plugin teaches the editor the specific structure and keywords of justfiles, so it can apply colors that help you visually distinguish between recipes, variables, and comments. The primary audience is developers or technical project leads who use the "just" task runner and prefer Vim or Neovim as their code editor. For example, if you have a justfile with several task recipes for building code, running tests, and deploying an application, this plugin will highlight each part of the file so you can quickly scan and verify your task definitions. The project is straightforward to install and supports several popular plugin managers for Vim and Neovim, including vim-plug and lazy.nvim. It can also be installed manually using Vim's built-in package system. Notably, if you use Neovim with a tool called nvim-treesitter, that tool may try to handle justfile formatting on its own. The README explains how to configure your setup so this plugin takes precedence for syntax highlighting if you prefer it. The README doesn't go into detail about specific highlighting features or the underlying implementation. It focuses entirely on installation, setup alongside treesitter, and how to update older installations to the current code branch.