avoid un-needed lazy loading of packer | improve packer bootstrapping

lua/core/packer.lua

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+local M = {}
+
+M.bootstrap = function()
+   local fn = vim.fn
+   local install_path = fn.stdpath "data" .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim"
+
+   vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NormalFloat", { bg = "#1e222a" })
+
+   if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
+      print "Cloning packer .."
+
+      fn.system { "git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path }
+
+      print "Packer cloned successfully!"
+
+      -- install plugins + compile their configs
+      vim.cmd "packadd packer.nvim"
+      require "plugins"
+      vim.cmd "PackerSync"
+   end
+end
+
+M.options = {
+   auto_clean = true,
+   compile_on_sync = true,
+   git = { clone_timeout = 6000 },
+   display = {
+      working_sym = "ﲊ",
+      error_sym = "✗",
+      done_sym = "﫟",
+      removed_sym = "",
+      moved_sym = "",
+      open_fn = function()
+         return require("packer.util").float { border = "single" }
+      end,
+   },
+}
+
+-- merge overrides if there are any
+M.options = nvchad.load_override(M.options, "wbthomason/packer.nvim")
+
+M.run = function(plugins)
+   local present, packer = pcall(require, "packer")
+
+   if not present then
+      return
+   end
+
+   -- Override with chadrc values
+   plugins = nvchad.remove_default_plugins(plugins)
+   plugins = nvchad.merge_plugins(plugins)
+
+   packer.init(M.options)
+
+   packer.startup(function(use)
+      for _, v in pairs(plugins) do
+         use(v)
+      end
+   end)
+end
+
+return M