major improvements, better stuff overall

lua/plugins/functional/telescope.lua

@@ -3,19 +3,36 @@ return {
 	tag = "0.1.8",
 	dependencies = { "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" },
 	config = function()
-		require("telescope").setup()
+		require("telescope").setup({
+			defaults = {
+				file_ignore_patterns = { ".git" },
+			},
+			extensions = {
+				file_browser = {
+					theme = "ivy",
+					-- disables netrw and use telescope-file-browser in its place
+					hijack_netrw = true,
+				},
+			},
+		})
 		local builtin = require("telescope.builtin")
 
 		vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>ff", function()
-			builtin.find_files({ cwd = vim.fn.expand("%:p:h"), hidden = true })
+			builtin.find_files({ hidden = true })
 		end, { desc = "Telescope find files (current file dir)" })
 
+		vim.keymap.set("n", "<space>fn", function()
+			require("telescope").extensions.file_browser.file_browser()
+		end)
+
 		vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>fg", function()
-			builtin.live_grep({ cwd = vim.fn.expand("%:p:h") })
+			builtin.live_grep()
 		end, { desc = "Telescope live grep (current file dir)" })
 
 		vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>fb", function()
 			builtin.buffers({ cwd = vim.fn.expand("%:p:h") }) -- buffers don’t need cwd, but harmless
 		end, { desc = "Telescope buffers" })
+
+		require("telescope").load_extension("file_browser")
 	end,
 }