diff --git a/doc/.keep b/doc/.keep
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lua/nvim-goodies/init.lua b/lua/nvim-goodies/init.lua
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/lua/nvim-goodies/os/init.lua b/lua/nvim-goodies/os/init.lua
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index 0000000..e7f450d
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+++ b/lua/nvim-goodies/os/init.lua
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+local M = {}
+
+M.is_windows = vim.fn.has("win32") == 1 or vim.fn.has("win64") == 1
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/nvim-goodies/path/init.lua b/lua/nvim-goodies/path/init.lua
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index 0000000..a8f8928
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+++ b/lua/nvim-goodies/path/init.lua
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+require("nvim-goodies.string")
+local os = require("nvim-goodies.os")
+local scan = require("plenary.scandir")
+local path = require("plenary.path")
+
+local M = {}
+
+M.directory_sep = M.iff(os.is_windows, "\\\\", "/")
+M.not_directory_sep = M.iff(os.is_windows, "/", "\\\\")
+
+function M.create_path(...)
+  local ret =
+    path:new({...}):absolute():gsub(M.not_directory_sep, M.directory_sep):gsub(
+    M.directory_sep .. M.directory_sep,
+    M.directory_sep
+  )
+  return ret
+end
+
+function M.get_file_list(dir, extension_no_dot)
+  extension_no_dot = extension_no_dot or "lua"
+  local list = {}
+
+  local files = scan.scan_dir(dir, {hidden = true, depth = 1})
+  for _, name in ipairs(files) do
+    local file_name = string.lower(path:new(name):make_relative(dir))
+    if file_name:ends_with("." .. extension_no_dot) then
+      table.insert(list, file_name:sub(1, -5))
+    end
+  end
+  return list
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/nvim-goodies/plugins/init.lua b/lua/nvim-goodies/plugins/init.lua
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index 0000000..773fc67
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+++ b/lua/nvim-goodies/plugins/init.lua
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+local M = {}
+
+function M.check_requires(items)
+  if type(items) == "string" then
+    items = {items}
+  end
+
+  for _, s in ipairs(items) do
+    if not pcall(require, s) then
+      print("failed requiring:", s, ". maybe try :PlugInstall?")
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+
+  return true
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/nvim-goodies/string/init.lua b/lua/nvim-goodies/string/init.lua
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+++ b/lua/nvim-goodies/string/init.lua
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+function string:ends_with(suffix)
+  return suffix == "" or self:sub(-(#suffix)) == suffix
+end
+
+function string:split(sep)
+  sep = sep or ":"
+  local fields = {}
+  local pattern = string.format("([^%s]+)", sep)
+  _ =
+    self:gsub(
+    pattern,
+    function(c)
+      fields[#fields + 1] = c
+    end
+  )
+  return fields
+end
+
+function string:starts_with(prefix)
+  return self:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix
+end
diff --git a/lua/nvim-goodies/table/init.lua b/lua/nvim-goodies/table/init.lua
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index 0000000..71664e8
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+++ b/lua/nvim-goodies/table/init.lua
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+function table.contains(table, val)
+  for i = 1, #table do
+    if table[i] == val then
+      return true
+    end
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+function table.print_table(o)
+  return print(vim.inspect(o))
+end
diff --git a/plugin/nvim-goodies.lua b/plugin/nvim-goodies.lua
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index 0000000..01a2c34
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+++ b/plugin/nvim-goodies.lua
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+if vim.g.loaded_nvim_goodies == 1 then
+  return
+end
+vim.g.loaded_nvim_goodies = 1