bug: No specs found for module "plugins" (Structured Setup)

[cyberdynesoftware]

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Neovim version (nvim -v)

0.10.2

Operating system/version

Fedora Workstation 40

Describe the bug

I've followed the Installation instructions and chose 'Structured Setup'. After creating .config/nvim/init.lua and .config/nvim/lua/config/lazy.lua and running nvim it greets me with:

Error detected while processing /home/me/.config/nvim/init.lua:
No specs found for module "plugins"
Press ENTER or type command to continue

:checkhealth lazy reports the issue again.

I've tried the Single File Setup as well and the issue did not appear. Upon running a diff between the too I noticed that for the Structured Setup spec is populated with { import = "plugins" } :

require("lazy").setup({
spec = {
-- import your plugins
{ import = "plugins" },
},

Maybe this could be a clue?

Steps To Reproduce

1. Install neovim
2. Follow the instructions for Structured Setup

Expected Behavior

Structured Setup should not produce the error:
No specs found for module "plugins"

Repro

vim.env.LAZY_STDPATH = ".repro"
load(vim.fn.system("curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/folke/lazy.nvim/main/bootstrap.lua"))()

require("lazy.minit").repro({
  spec = {
    -- add any other plugins here
  },
})

[iton0]

just to be clear you created the plugins folder at ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/

[iton0]

Do you have at least one Lua file in that folder that returns a table? I was able to reproduce the issue when i initialized just an empty plugins folder.

[cyberdynesoftware]

The folder is empty. I'm just starting out configuring neovim.

If it is neccesary to not only create this folder but also creating a file returning a table, shouldn't this be mentioned in Installation?

Is it possible to return an emty table? What would a minimal file to quell the error look like?

[cyberdynesoftware]

I've just created a file containing return { }. That seems to quell the error, but now I get:

# Plugin Updates
- **lazy.nvim**                                                                                                         
Press ENTER or type command to continue

[iton0]

https://lazy.folke.io/usage/structuring provides documentation of where you can go from here