1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/neovim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua b/neovim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 875500f..37320d4 100644
--- a/neovim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/neovim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ return {
   branch = "main",
   build = ":TSUpdate",
   config = function()
-    require("nvim-treesitter").install({
+    local parsers = {
       "lua",
       "vim",
       "vimdoc",
@@ -21,7 +21,27 @@ return {
       "json",
       "markdown",
       "markdown_inline",
-    })
+    }
+
+    -- The `main` branch shells out to the `tree-sitter` CLI to build every
+    -- parser. Without it every single parser fails the same way, which
+    -- floods :messages with one error per parser on every startup — check
+    -- once up front and give a single, actionable warning instead.
+    if vim.fn.executable("tree-sitter") == 0 then
+      vim.notify(
+        "nvim-treesitter: 'tree-sitter' CLI not found on PATH, parsers "
+          .. "won't build (e.g. `brew install tree-sitter-cli` or "
+          .. "`npm install -g tree-sitter-cli`), then :TSUpdate.",
+        vim.log.levels.WARN
+      )
+    else
+      local ok, err = pcall(function()
+        require("nvim-treesitter").install(parsers)
+      end)
+      if not ok then
+        vim.notify("nvim-treesitter: parser install failed: " .. tostring(err), vim.log.levels.WARN)
+      end
+    end
 
     -- Enable highlighting for any buffer whose filetype has an installed
     -- parser; vim.treesitter.start() is a no-op (caught by pcall) otherwise.