Gracefully handle missing memy binary and directory in memy-note.lua

[Copilot]

Previously, if memy wasn't installed, the plugin would silently fail or error when trying to run memy hook neovim.lua. This adds an upfront check that warns and exits early instead.

Changes

• Added a guard at the top of memy-note.lua that checks both vim.fn.executable("memy") and the presence of ~/memy
• Emits a WARN-level vim.notify only when both the memy binary is missing from $PATH and the ~/memy directory does not exist
• Returns immediately in that case, skipping all note-taking setup
• If ~/memy is checked out locally (without a global memy binary), the plugin proceeds as normal

local MEMY_DIR = vim.fn.expand("~/memy")

if vim.fn.executable("memy") == 0 and vim.fn.isdirectory(MEMY_DIR) == 0 then
    vim.notify("memy is not installed; memy note-taking disabled", vim.log.levels.WARN)
    return
end

[andrewferrier]

@copilot we should also check for presence of ~/memy dir since technically that could be checked out and memy is not installed globally

[Copilot]

@copilot we should also check for presence of ~/memy dir since technically that could be checked out and memy is not installed globally

Done — the guard now checks both conditions. Noting is only disabled (with a warning) when neither memy is on $PATH nor ~/memy exists. If ~/memy is checked out without a global memy binary, the plugin proceeds as before. (commit: Also check for ~/memy dir presence before disabling memy noting)

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR improves the Neovim memy-note plugin’s startup behavior by explicitly detecting when neither the memy binary nor a local ~/memy checkout is available, and then warning and exiting early to avoid failures when attempting to run memy hook neovim.lua.

Changes:

• Added an upfront guard checking vim.fn.executable("memy") and vim.fn.isdirectory("~/memy").
• Emits a WARN-level vim.notify and returns early only when both the binary and directory are missing.
• Prevents the code path that shells out to memy hook neovim.lua from running when memy is unavailable.

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