Strange behavior after changing the defaults root path

[alepapadop]

Hello,

have set up a simple init.lua file with the following settings.
My intention is to have lazy and all other plugins stored under the directory named my_plugins

vim.g.mapleader = '\'
vim.g.maplocalleader = "\"

local data_path = vim.fn.stdpath("data")
local plugins_path = data_path .. '/my_plugins'
local lazy_plug_path = plugins_path .. '/lazy/lazy.nvim'

print(data_path)
print(plugins_path)
print(lazy_plug_path)

local lazypath = lazy_plug_path
if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
vim.fn.system({
"git",
"clone",
"--filter=blob:none",
"https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git",
"--branch=stable", -- latest stable release
lazypath,
})
end
vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)

--local plug_mini_surround = {'echasnovski/mini.surround'}
local plug_neorg = { "nvim-neorg/neorg"}

plugins = {plug_neorg}

config = require("lazy.core.config")

--print(vim.inspect(config))

lazy_defaults = config['defaults']
lazy_defaults['root'] = plugins_path

require("lazy").setup(plugins)

In the code above I edited the root path in the defaults settings of lazy.nvim. This gives me a strange behavior, every time nvim
starts the lazy.nvim repo is cloned again and lazy.nvim adds itself in the clean stack. Like in the following image

My file structure is like this

Is this behavior expected or is it a bug?

[dliberalesso]

Try setting lazy_plug_path to plugins_path .. '/lazy.nvim'.