neovim: Tweak gruvbox theme

nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 " Packer plugins
 lua require('plugins')
 
-" Gruvbox Theme
+" Gruvbox Theme (colorscheme applied from plugins.lua)
 if has('termguicolors')
   set termguicolors
 endif
 " For dark version.
 set background=dark
+" We need to apply this here too to make sure the startup components work
 colorscheme gruvbox
 
 " Miscellaneous boilerplate

nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua

@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ return require('packer').startup(function(use)
     -- Gruvbox theme
     use {
         "ellisonleao/gruvbox.nvim",
-        config = function() require("gruvbox").setup({
-            bold = false,
-            italic = true,
-            strikethrough = true,
-        }) end,
+        config = function()
+            require("gruvbox").setup({
+                bold = false,
+                italic = true,
+                strikethrough = true,
+                overrides = {
+                    Directory = { link = "GruvboxFg2" },
+                },
+            })
+            vim.cmd("colorscheme gruvbox")
+        end,
     }
 
     -- A way saner buffer closing implementation