main.c: fix hang issue with recoverymode (#12496)

In the case of recoverymode, the headlessmode was true, causing the UI
to hang without starting. Fix this problem by setting headlessmode to
true for List swap files only.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/main.c b/src/nvim/main.c
index 8d5b91ec91..ae64046d07 100644
--- a/src/nvim/main.c
+++ b/src/nvim/main.c
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     fname = get_fname(&params, cwd);
   }
 
+  // Recovery mode without a file name: List swap files.
+  // In this case, no UI is needed.
+  if (recoverymode && fname == NULL) {
+    headless_mode = true;
+  }
+
   TIME_MSG("expanding arguments");
 
   if (params.diff_mode && params.window_count == -1)
@@ -954,7 +960,6 @@ static void command_line_scan(mparm_T *parmp)
         case 'r':    // "-r" recovery mode
         case 'L': {  // "-L" recovery mode
           recoverymode = 1;
-          headless_mode = true;
           break;
         }
         case 's': {