diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# This gitignore is going to be quite big
+# It will exclude EVERY plugin that is pulled in by packer
+# that way git doesn't try to add and commit them
+plugin/packer_compiled.lua
diff --git a/after/plugin/lualine.lua b/after/plugin/lualine.lua
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+++ b/after/plugin/lualine.lua
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+require('lualine').setup {
+	options = {
+		icons_enabled = true,
+		theme = 'gruvbox',
+		component_separators = { left = '', right = '' },
+		section_separators = { left = '', right = '' },
+		disabled_filetypes = {},
+		always_divide_middle = true,
+		globalstatus = true,
+	},
+	sections = {
+		lualine_a = {'mode'},
+		lualine_b = {'branch', 'diff', 'diagnostics'},
+		lualine_c = {'filename'},
+		lualine_x = {'encoding', 'fileformat', 'filetype'},
+		lualine_y = {'progress'},
+		lualine_z = {'location'}
+	},
+	inactive_sections = {
+		lualine_a = {},
+		lualine_b = {},
+		lualine_c = {'filename'},
+		lualine_x = {'location'},
+		lualine_y = {},
+		lualine_z = {}
+	},
+	tabline = {},
+	extensions = {}
+}
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
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+++ b/init.lua
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+-- Initialisation file. NOW IN LUA
+
+-- Grab Packer. (This should be OS agnostic)
+-- But does require git to be installed TODO: add check for git
+-- Inititally by @Iron-E and @khuedoan on GitHub reimplemented by me to my standards
+
+require('sherlock5512.plugins')
+require('sherlock5512.settings')
diff --git a/lua/sherlock5512/plugins.lua b/lua/sherlock5512/plugins.lua
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+++ b/lua/sherlock5512/plugins.lua
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+-- this file configures my plugins
+
+-- Grab Packer. (This should be OS agnostic)
+-- But does require git to be installed TODO: add check for git
+-- by @Iron-E and @khuedoan on GitHub
+
+local fn = vim.fn
+local install_path = fn.stdpath('data')..'/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim'
+if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
+  packer_bootstrap = fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path})
+  vim.cmd 'packadd packer.nvim'
+end
+
+return require('packer').startup(function(use)
+	-- Make packer manage itself
+	use 'wbthomason/packer.nvim'
+
+	-- Lualine over airline for now
+	use {
+		'nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim',
+		requires = {'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons', opt = true}
+	}
+	
+	use 'morhetz/gruvbox'
+	use {
+		'ms-jpq/chadtree',
+		run = 
+		function() 
+			_ = vim.fn.system({'python3' , '-m' , 'chadtree' , 'deps'})
+			vim.fn[CHADdeps](0)
+		end
+	}
+
+	if packer_bootstrap then
+	    require('packer').sync()
+	end
+end)
diff --git a/lua/sherlock5512/settings.lua b/lua/sherlock5512/settings.lua
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+++ b/lua/sherlock5512/settings.lua
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+-- General global settings for neovim
+
+local opt = vim.opt -- basically the same as set
+
+opt.relativenumber = true -- might make this false if I hate it after using it
+opt.number = true
+vim.cmd([[colorscheme gruvbox]])
+
+opt.ignorecase = true
+opt.smartcase = true
+