let NERDTreeShowHidden=1
" keep ignoring .git, node_modules, vendor, and dist
-let NERDTreeIgnore=["\.git", "node_modules", "vendor", "dist"]
+let NERDTreeIgnore=["\.git/", "node_modules/", "vendor/", "dist/"]
" Start NERDTree when Vim is started without file arguments.
autocmd StdinReadPre * let s:std_in=1