avoid un-needed lazy loading of packer | improve packer bootstrapping

lua/plugins/init.lua

@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
-local present, packer = pcall(require, "plugins.packerInit")
-
-if not present then
-   return false
-end
-
 local plugins = {
+
    ["nvim-lua/plenary.nvim"] = {},
    ["lewis6991/impatient.nvim"] = {},
-
-   ["wbthomason/packer.nvim"] = {
-      event = "VimEnter",
-   },
-
+   ["wbthomason/packer.nvim"] = {},
    ["NvChad/extensions"] = {},
 
    ["NvChad/base46"] = {
-      after = "packer.nvim",
+      after = "plenary.nvim",
       config = function()
          local ok, base46 = pcall(require, "base46")
 
@@ -219,13 +210,4 @@ local plugins = {
    },
 }
 
-plugins = nvchad.remove_default_plugins(plugins)
-
--- merge user plugin table & default plugin table
-plugins = nvchad.plugin_list(plugins)
-
-return packer.startup(function(use)
-   for _, v in pairs(plugins) do
-      use(v)
-   end
-end)
+require("core.packer").run(plugins)

lua/plugins/packerInit.lua

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-vim.cmd "packadd packer.nvim"
-
-local present, packer = pcall(require, "packer")
-
-if not present then
-   local packer_path = vim.fn.stdpath "data" .. "/site/pack/packer/opt/packer.nvim"
-
-   print "Cloning packer.."
-   -- remove the dir before cloning
-   vim.fn.delete(packer_path, "rf")
-   vim.fn.system {
-      "git",
-      "clone",
-      "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim",
-      "--depth",
-      "20",
-      packer_path,
-   }
-
-   vim.cmd "packadd packer.nvim"
-   present, packer = pcall(require, "packer")
-
-   if present then
-      print "Packer cloned successfully."
-   else
-      error("Couldn't clone packer !\nPacker path: " .. packer_path .. "\n" .. packer)
-   end
-end
-
-local options = {
-   display = {
-      open_fn = function()
-         return require("packer.util").float { border = "single" }
-      end,
-   },
-   git = {
-      clone_timeout = 6000, -- seconds
-   },
-   auto_clean = true,
-   compile_on_sync = true,
-   snapshot = nil,
-}
-
-options = nvchad.load_override(options, "wbthomason/packer.nvim")
-
-packer.init(options)
-
-return packer