added helper functions for removing plugins from default plugin table

lua/core/default_config.lua

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ M.plugins = {
       esc_insertmode_timeout = 300,
    },
    default_plugin_config_replace = {},
+   default_plugin_edit = {},
+   default_plugin_remove = {},
    install = nil,
 }
 

lua/core/utils.lua

@@ -280,4 +280,23 @@ M.tbl_override_req = function(name, default_table)
    return vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", default_table, override)
 end
 
+--Helper function to get key from default plugin table
+local get_plugin_index = function(plugin_table, plugin_name)
+   for index, plugin in ipairs(plugin_table) do
+      if plugin[1] == plugin_name then
+         return index
+      end
+   end
+end
+
+M.remove_default_plugins = function(plugin_table)
+   local removals = require("core.utils").load_config().plugins.default_plugin_remove or {}
+   if vim.tbl_isempty(removals) then return plugin_table end
+   for _, plugin_removal in ipairs(removals) do
+      index = get_plugin_index(plugin_table, plugin_removal)
+      plugin_table[index] = nil
+   end
+   return plugin_table
+end
+
 return M

lua/plugins/init.lua

@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ local plugins = {
       end,
    },
 }
-
+--Merge changes to plugin fields from chadrc
+plugins = require("core.utils").edit_default_plugins(plugins)
+plugins = require("core.utils").remove_default_plugins(plugins)
 -- append user plugins to default plugins
 local user_Plugins = plugin_settings.install
 if type(user_Plugins) == "table" then