Cloak allows you to overlay *'s (or any other character) over defined patterns in defined files.

It also disables 'cmp' for the buffer(if it is installed).

Here is the default configuration.

'file_pattern' can be a string or table of strings, they should be valid autocommand patterns. 'cloak_pattern' is a lua pattern ran over every line in the buffer, overlaying 'cloak_character' over the match, excluding the first character.

require('cloak').setup({
  enabled = true,
  cloak_character = '*',
  -- The applied highlight group (colors) on the cloaking, see `:h highlight`.
  highlight_group = 'Comment',
  patterns = {
    {
      -- Match any file starting with '.env'.
      -- This can be a table to match multiple file patterns.
      file_pattern = '.env*',
      -- Match an equals sign and any character after it.
      -- This can also be a table of patterns to cloak,
      -- example: cloak_pattern = { ':.+', '-.+' } for yaml files.
      cloak_pattern = '=.+'
    },
  },
})

The plugin automatically activates when a file matched by the patterns is opened.

You do have to call the 'setup()' function.

':CloakDisable', ':CloakEnable' and ':CloakToggle' are also available to toggle cloaking.