:highlight Normal reports "Last set from" non-existing file (with -V1)

[ernstwi]

Problem

When I start Neovim with the -V1 flag, and then do :highlight Normal, it reports that this highlight group was last set from a file <current working directory>/vim/_defaults.lua (which does not exist). It happens regardless of what the current directory is.

This does not occur for all highlight groups, e.g. not for Cursor. My guess would be that it only happens for highlight groups set from the default theme?

Steps to reproduce

nvim --clean -V1
:highlight Normal

Expected behavior

"Last set from" should either not appear at all, or point to the location of the default theme? Not sure.

Neovim version (nvim -v)

NVIM v0.10.0-dev-3032+g61063653b-Homebrew (commit 6106365)

Vim (not Nvim) behaves the same?

No, vim 9.0.1544

Operating system/version

macOS 13.5.2

Terminal name/version

kitty 0.31.0

$TERM environment variable

xterm-kitty

Installation

brew install --HEAD neovim

[clason]

Can't reproduce this. Please check your repro steps.

brew install --HEAD neovim

And this is supported neither by us nor by homebrew. Please use the official nightly releases or build from source.

[zeertzjq]

This happens with a light terminal background.

[zeertzjq]

Actually, this applies to default mappings as well.