added the basics back in

lua/plugins/autopairs.lua

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+return {
+  -- Autoclose parentheses, brackets, quotes, etc.
+  'windwp/nvim-autopairs',
+  event = 'InsertEnter',
+  config = true,
+  opts = {},
+}

lua/plugins/gitsigns.lua

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+-- Adds git related signs to the gutter, as well as utilities for managing changes
+return {
+  'lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim',
+  opts = {
+    signs = {
+      add = { text = '┃' },
+      change = { text = '┃' },
+      delete = { text = '_' },
+      topdelete = { text = '‾' },
+      changedelete = { text = '~' },
+      untracked = { text = '┆' },
+    },
+    signs_staged = {
+      add = { text = '┃' },
+      change = { text = '┃' },
+      delete = { text = '_' },
+      topdelete = { text = '‾' },
+      changedelete = { text = '~' },
+      untracked = { text = '┆' },
+    },
+    signs_staged_enable = true,
+    signcolumn = true, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_signs`
+    numhl = true, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_numhl`
+    linehl = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_linehl`
+    word_diff = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_word_diff`
+    watch_gitdir = {
+      follow_files = true,
+    },
+    auto_attach = true,
+    attach_to_untracked = false,
+    current_line_blame = false, -- Toggle with `:Gitsigns toggle_current_line_blame`
+    current_line_blame_opts = {
+      virt_text = true,
+      virt_text_pos = 'eol', -- 'eol' | 'overlay' | 'right_align'
+      delay = 1000,
+      ignore_whitespace = false,
+      virt_text_priority = 100,
+      use_focus = true,
+    },
+    current_line_blame_formatter = '<author>, <author_time:%R> - <summary>',
+    sign_priority = 6,
+    update_debounce = 100,
+    status_formatter = nil, -- Use default
+    max_file_length = 40000, -- Disable if file is longer than this (in lines)
+    preview_config = {
+      -- Options passed to nvim_open_win
+      style = 'minimal',
+      relative = 'cursor',
+      row = 0,
+      col = 1,
+    },
+  },
+}

lua/plugins/indent-blankline.lua

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+return {
+  'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim',
+  main = 'ibl',
+  opts = {
+    indent = {
+      char = '▏',
+    },
+    scope = {
+      show_start = false,
+      show_end = false,
+      show_exact_scope = false,
+    },
+    exclude = {
+      filetypes = {
+        'help',
+        'startify',
+        'dashboard',
+        'packer',
+        'neogitstatus',
+        'NvimTree',
+        'Trouble',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}

lua/plugins/neo-tree.lua

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+-- Neo-tree is a Neovim plugin to browse the file system
+-- https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim
+
+return {
+  'nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim',
+  version = '*',
+  dependencies = {
+    'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
+    'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons', -- not strictly required, but recommended
+    'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim',
+  },
+  lazy = false,
+  keys = {
+    { '\\', ':Neotree reveal<CR>', desc = 'NeoTree reveal', silent = true },
+  },
+  opts = {
+    filesystem = {
+      window = {
+        mappings = {
+          ['\\'] = 'close_window',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}