init.lua

@@ -457,7 +457,9 @@ require('lazy').setup({
     'neovim/nvim-lspconfig',
     dependencies = {
       -- Automatically install LSPs and related tools to stdpath for Neovim
-      { 'williamboman/mason.nvim', config = true }, -- NOTE: Must be loaded before dependants
+      -- Mason must be loaded before its dependents so we need to set it up here.
+      -- NOTE: `opts = {}` is the same as calling `require('mason').setup({})`
+      { 'williamboman/mason.nvim', opts = {} },
       'williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim',
       'WhoIsSethDaniel/mason-tool-installer.nvim',
 
@@ -646,13 +648,16 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       }
 
       -- Ensure the servers and tools above are installed
-      --  To check the current status of installed tools and/or manually install
+      --
-      --  other tools, you can run
+      -- To check the current status of installed tools and/or manually install
+      -- other tools, you can run
       --    :Mason
       --
-      --  You can press `g?` for help in this menu.
+      -- You can press `g?` for help in this menu.
-      require('mason').setup()
+      --
-
+      -- `mason` had to be setup earlier: to configure its options see the
+      -- `dependencies` table for `nvim-lspconfig` above.
+      --
       -- You can add other tools here that you want Mason to install
       -- for you, so that they are available from within Neovim.
       local ensure_installed = vim.tbl_keys(servers or {})