From 2a1f3c370145c3465c0142deade3e3b2660ce829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Folke Lemaitre <folke.lemaitre@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:36:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(treesitter): on windows, use `gcc` if available and
 `cl.exe` is not available for building parsers

---
 lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 5106da4e..6256904d 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ return {
     config = function(_, opts)
       local TS = require("nvim-treesitter")
 
+      -- On Windows, use `gcc` if `cl` is not available, and `gcc` is.
+      if
+        not vim.env.CC
+        and vim.fn.has("win32") == 1
+        and vim.fn.executable("cl") == 0
+        and vim.fn.executable("gcc") == 1
+      then
+        vim.env.CC = "gcc"
+      end
+
       setmetatable(require("nvim-treesitter.install"), {
         __newindex = function(_, k)
           if k == "compilers" then