Opening the file explorer(netrw)

Ex Command Shorthand Effect :edit . :e. Open file explorer for current working directory :Explore :E Open file explorer for the directory of the active buffer

We can open the file explorer window with the :edit {path} command by supply- ing a directory name (instead of a filename) as the {path} argument. The dot symbol stands for the current working directory, so if we run the :edit . com- mand, we can bring up a file explorer for the project root.

The netrw plugin provides a more convenient way with the :Explore command (see :h :Explore ).