neodev requires popup or .luarc.json to work?

[jtledon]

I've been having a hard time setting up neodev and have been doing my best to debug it. I currently have neodev as a dependency for neovim/nvim-lspconfig to ensure that it is setup first, as specified in the docs.

I started noticing a popup - in the directories that neodev is expected to work, such as ./lua and nvim config directory - that was asking "Do you need to configure your work environment as luv?". It has 3 options: "Apply and modify settings", "Apply but do not modify settings", and "Don't show again".

If I select "Apply and modify settings", it creates a .luarc.json file in the current directory, and neodev works correctly.
If I select "Apply but do not modify settings", neodev works correctly for the current session but prompts me every time I edit in this directory.
If I select "Don't show again", it appears to be the same as selecting "Apply and modify settings", as a .luarc.json file is created, and neodev works as expected.

I noticed that there is some importance placed on .luarc.json for setting up jsonls, but I don't see why this would be causing this popup. I also noted that the popup itself doesn't appear to be occurring from within the neodev code directly: grep didn't show the popup message or options.

How can I setup neodev to work correctly without creating a .luarc.json file in every directory, and without prompting me for confirmation on every entry?

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Edit: I seem to have found the solution to my issue here. When setting up lua_ls, passing settings.Lua.workspace.checkThirdParty = false appears to have the same behavior as auto-selecting the second option from the popup: neodev works in the buffer but a .luarc.json file is not created.

I'm mostly leaving the discussion open now to see if this is the expected/accepted solution to this issue, or if there is a better approach to solving this.

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Edit 2: Was going through the closed issues and saw exactly this solution. Should have done my due diligence