refactor: make it work on neovim version below 0.12

lua/gopher/_utils/init.lua

@@ -50,4 +50,23 @@ function utils.indent(line, indent)
   return string.rep(char, indent)
 end
 
+---@generic T
+---@param tbl T[]
+---@return T[]
+function utils.list_unique(tbl)
+  if vim.fn.has "nvim-0.12" == 1 then
+    return vim.list.unique(tbl)
+  end
+
+  for i = #tbl, 1, -1 do
+    for j = 1, i - 1 do
+      if tbl[i] == tbl[j] then
+        table.remove(tbl, i)
+        break
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return tbl
+end
+
 return utils

lua/gopher/_utils/struct_tags.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local u = require "gopher._utils"
+
 ---@param option string
 local function option_to_tag(option)
   return option:match "^(.-)="
@@ -32,12 +34,9 @@ function struct_tags.parse_args(args)
     end
   end
 
-  -- todo: it's incompatible with vim lower 0.12
-  tags = vim.list.unique(tags)
-  options = vim.list.unique(options)
   return {
-    tags = table.concat(tags, ","),
-    options = table.concat(options, ","),
+    tags = table.concat(u.list_unique(tags), ","),
+    options = table.concat(u.list_unique(options), ","),
   }
 end
 

spec/unit/utils_test.lua

@@ -46,4 +46,14 @@ utils["should add .indent() 2 tabs"] = function()
   t.eq("\t\t", u.indent(line, indent))
 end
 
+utils["should .list_unique on list with duplicates"] = function()
+  local u = require "gopher._utils"
+  t.eq({ "json", "xml" }, u.list_unique { "json", "xml", "json" })
+end
+
+utils["should .list_unique on list with no duplicates"] = function()
+  local u = require "gopher._utils"
+  t.eq({ "json", "xml" }, u.list_unique { "json", "xml" })
+end
+
 return T