From ffa77681c36755bfc727b759dd4ec17b708ffabf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Folke Lemaitre <folke.lemaitre@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 22:18:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: check expicitely wether new hl group names are supported
 by checking for @comment

---
 lua/tokyonight/util.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/tokyonight/util.lua b/lua/tokyonight/util.lua
index e08b6ab..286b5aa 100644
--- a/lua/tokyonight/util.lua
+++ b/lua/tokyonight/util.lua
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ function M.invert_color(color)
   return color
 end
 
+-- new in 0.8 something
+local has_new_group_names = vim.fn.hlexists("@comment") ~= 0
+
 ---@param group string
 function M.highlight(group, color)
-  if group:sub(1,1) == "@" and vim.fn.has("nvim-0.8") == 0 then
+  if group:sub(1, 1) == "@" and not has_new_group_names then
     return
   end
   local hl = { fg = color.fg, bg = color.bg, sp = color.sp, link = color.link }