changed the version to 2.8.0 for the next release

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*~
+*.swp

doc/NERD_tree.txt

@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ NERD tree. These options should be set in your vimrc.
 |NERDTreeShowHidden|            Tells the NERD tree whether to display hidden
                                 files on startup.
 
+|NERDTreeShowLineNumbers|       Tells the NERD tree whether to display line
+                                numbers in the tree window.
+
 |NERDTreeSortOrder|             Tell the NERD tree how to sort the nodes in
                                 the tree.
 
@@ -659,6 +662,17 @@ Use one of the follow lines to set this option: >
     let NERDTreeShowHidden=1
 <
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                                     *NERDTreeShowLineNumbers*
+Values: 0 or 1.
+Default: 0.
+
+This option tells vim whether to display line numbers for the NERD tree
+window.  Use one of the follow lines to set this option: >
+    let NERDTreeShowLineNumbers=0
+    let NERDTreeShowLineNumbers=1
+<
+                                                       
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            *NERDTreeSortOrder*
 Values: a list of regular expressions.
@@ -770,6 +784,10 @@ fridge for later ;)
 ==============================================================================
 7. Changelog                                               *NERDTreeChangelog* 
 
+2.8.0
+    - added an option to enable/disable line numbers in the NERD tree window,
+      thanks to Olivier Yiptong for the email.
+
 2.7.1
     - Changed the keys for the filesystem menu to be mnemonic rather than
       arbitrary integers
@@ -978,3 +996,6 @@ in 2.6.0
 Thanks to  Niels Aan de Brugh for the suggestion that the script now split the
 window if you try to open a file in a window containing a modified buffer when
 the &hidden option is set.
+
+Thanks to Olivier Yiptong for prompting me to make line numbers in the
+NERD tree window optional.

plugin/NERD_tree.vim

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " vim global plugin that provides a nice tree explorer
-" Last Change:  18 jan 2008
+" Last Change:  31 March 2008
 " Maintainer:   Martin Grenfell <martin_grenfell at msn dot com>
-let s:NERD_tree_version = '2.7.1'
+let s:NERD_tree_version = '2.8.0'
 
 " SECTION: Script init stuff {{{1
 "============================================================
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ endif
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeHighlightCursorline", 1)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeMouseMode", 1)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeNotificationThreshold", 100)
-call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeShowHidden", 0)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeShowFiles", 1)
+call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeShowHidden", 0)
+call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeShowLineNumbers", 0)
 call s:InitVariable("g:NERDTreeSortDirs", 1)
 
 if !exists("g:NERDTreeSortOrder")
@@ -1442,7 +1443,12 @@ function! s:CreateTreeWin()
     setlocal foldcolumn=0
     setlocal nobuflisted
     setlocal nospell
-    setlocal nonu
+    if g:NERDTreeShowLineNumbers
+        setlocal nu
+    else
+        setlocal nonu
+    endif
+
     iabc <buffer>
 
     if g:NERDTreeHighlightCursorline