fix(extras): better reasons as to why some extras are included in your config.

lua/lazyvim/plugins/compat/nvim-0_9.lua

@@ -26,4 +26,13 @@ return {
     "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
     dependencies = {},
   },
+
+  -- dummy import to save core imports
+  {
+    import = "foobar",
+    enabled = function()
+      LazyVim.plugin.save_core()
+      return false
+    end,
+  },
 }

lua/lazyvim/plugins/xtras.lua

@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ local v = version.major .. "_" .. version.minor
 
 local compat = { "0_9" }
 
+LazyVim.plugin.save_core()
 if vim.tbl_contains(compat, v) then
-  extras[#extras + 1] = "lazyvim.plugins.compat.nvim-" .. v
+  table.insert(extras, 1, "lazyvim.plugins.compat.nvim-" .. v)
 end
 
 table.sort(extras, function(a, b)

lua/lazyvim/util/extras.lua

@@ -250,10 +250,30 @@ end
 ---@param extra LazyExtra
 function X:extra(extra)
   if not extra.managed then
-    self:diagnostic({
-      message = "Not managed by LazyExtras (config)",
-      severity = vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN,
-    })
+    ---@type LazyExtra[]
+    local parents = {}
+    for _, x in ipairs(self.extras) do
+      if x.enabled and vim.tbl_contains(x.imports, extra.module) then
+        parents[#parents + 1] = x
+      end
+    end
+    if #parents > 0 then
+      local pp = vim.tbl_map(function(x)
+        return x.name
+      end, parents)
+      self:diagnostic({
+        message = "Required by " .. table.concat(pp, ", "),
+      })
+    elseif vim.tbl_contains(LazyVim.plugin.core_imports, extra.module) then
+      self:diagnostic({
+        message = "This extra is included by default",
+      })
+    else
+      self:diagnostic({
+        message = "Not managed by LazyExtras (config)",
+        severity = vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN,
+      })
+    end
   end
   extra.row = self.text:row()
   local hl = extra.managed and "LazySpecial" or "LazyLocal"

lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ local Plugin = require("lazy.core.plugin")
 ---@class lazyvim.util.plugin
 local M = {}
 
+---@type string[]
+M.core_imports = {}
+
 M.lazy_file_events = { "BufReadPost", "BufNewFile", "BufWritePre" }
 
 ---@type table<string, string>
@@ -32,6 +35,13 @@ M.renames = {
   ["glepnir/dashboard-nvim"] = "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",
 }
 
+function M.save_core()
+  if vim.v.vim_did_enter == 1 then
+    return
+  end
+  M.core_imports = vim.deepcopy(require("lazy.core.config").spec.modules)
+end
+
 function M.setup()
   M.fix_imports()
   M.fix_renames()