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+# 🌙 Rootiest Neovim
+
+A modern, modular, and high-performance Neovim configuration built from scratch with a focus on simplicity, speed, and standard Neovim primitives.
+
+![Neovim](https://img.shields.io/badge/Neovim-0.10+-blue?logo=neovim)
+![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3+-green)
+
+## ✨ Highlights
+
+- **Built-in Package Management**: Exclusively uses `vim.pack` for lightweight, native plugin management.
+- **Phased Loading**: Async, non-blocking startup using a phased `VimEnter` queue for a snappy experience.
+- **Unified Registry**: Configuration is managed via a global `_G.Config` registry, ensuring cross-plugin consistency.
+- **High Performance**: Featuring **blink.cmp** (Rust-based completion) and optimized **Snacks.nvim** components.
+- **AI-Powered**: Native integration with the **GitHub Copilot Language Server**.
+- **User-Centric QoL**: Hybrid line numbers, autosave-on-edit, and seamless system clipboard integration.
+
+## 📁 Architecture
+
+The configuration is strictly modular:
+
+- `init.lua`: Entry point and global state initialization.
+- `lua/lazyload.lua`: Logic for async and phased plugin loading.
+- `lua/options.lua`: Global Vim settings and non-plugin autocommands.
+- `lua/plugins.lua`: Plugin declarations and detailed registry-based configurations.
+- `lua/keymaps.lua`: Centralized user-facing keybindings.
+
+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- **Neovim 0.10+**
+- **Nerd Font** (Mono variant recommended for optimal UI alignment)
+- **Cargo** (Required for building `blink.cmp` fuzzy matching library)
+- **Node.js** (Required for various LSPs and Copilot)
+
+### Installation
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/your-username/nvim-config ~/.config/nvim
+nvim
+```
+
+### Post-Install
+
+1.  **Build Blink**: If completion isn't working, run `cargo build --release` inside `~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/core/opt/blink.cmp`.
+2.  **LSP Servers**: Run `:Mason` to monitor the installation of Language Servers (Lua, C, Rust, Python, etc.).
+3.  **Copilot**: Run `:LspCopilotSignIn` to authenticate with GitHub.
+
+## ⌨️ Key Features & Mappings
+
+| Key | Description |
+| :--- | :--- |
+| `<leader><space>` | Smart Find Files (Snacks) |
+| `<leader>e` | File Explorer |
+| `<leader>ff` | Find Files |
+| `<leader>sg` | Project-wide Grep |
+| `gd` / `gr` | Go to Definition / References |
+| `K` | Hover Documentation |
+| `s` / `S` | Leap Motion (Normal/Window) |
+| `ys` / `ds` | Mini.surround (Add/Delete) |
+| `:Q` | Forced Write-All and Quit |
+
+## 📜 License
+
+Distributed under the **GPLv3 or later** License. See `LICENSE` for more information.
+