Persist neovim plugin/Mason data across container recreations

Mason LSP installs and Lazy plugin cache live at ~/.local/share/nvim,
which was in the container's writable layer. Every --force-recreate
triggered a full re-download of all plugins and LSP servers on next
nvim launch — slow and wasteful.

Add devbox-nvim-data named volume in docker-compose.yml and
docker-compose.shared.yml, add to entrypoint ownership-fix loop,
update persistence tables in README.md and DOCKER_HUB.md.
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@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ Understanding what survives container restarts and what doesn't:
| `/home/developer/.local/state/opencode` | Named volume (if configured) | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | TUI settings (theme, toggles) |
| `/home/developer/.cache/bash` | Named volume `devbox-shell-history` | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | Bash history (`$HISTFILE`) — survives container recreate |
| `/home/developer/.local/share/zoxide` | Named volume `devbox-zoxide` | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | Zoxide directory history (`z <fragment>` jump targets) |
| `/home/developer/.local/share/nvim` | Named volume `devbox-nvim-data` | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | Neovim plugins, Mason LSP installs, Lazy plugin cache |
| `/home/developer/.local/share/uv` | Named volume (if configured) | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | Python installs, uv tool installs |
| `/home/developer/.rustup` | Named volume (if configured) | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | Rust toolchains |
| `/home/developer/.cargo` | Named volume (if configured) | ✅ Yes — Docker volume | Cargo binaries, registry cache |
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@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ Container (Debian trixie)
| `/home/developer/.local/state/opencode` | Named volume `devbox-state` | ✅ Yes | TUI settings (theme, toggles) |
| `/home/developer/.cache/bash` | Named volume `devbox-shell-history` | ✅ Yes | Bash history (`$HISTFILE`), survives container recreate |
| `/home/developer/.local/share/zoxide` | Named volume `devbox-zoxide` | ✅ Yes | Zoxide directory history (`z <fragment>` jump targets) |
| `/home/developer/.local/share/nvim` | Named volume `devbox-nvim-data` | ✅ Yes | Neovim plugins, Mason LSP installs, Lazy plugin cache |
| `/home/developer/.local/share/uv` | Named volume `devbox-uv` (if configured) | ✅ Yes | Python installs, uv tool installs |
| `/home/developer/.rustup` | Named volume `devbox-rustup` (if configured) | ✅ Yes | Rust toolchains |
| `/home/developer/.cargo` | Named volume `devbox-cargo` (if configured) | ✅ Yes | Cargo binaries, registry cache |
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@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ services:
# Persist zoxide directory history ('z <fragment>' to jump)
- devbox-zoxide:/home/developer/.local/share/zoxide
# Persist neovim plugin/Mason data (avoids re-downloading on every recreate)
- devbox-nvim-data:/home/developer/.local/share/nvim
# Persist uv data (Python installs)
- devbox-uv:/home/developer/.local/share/uv
@@ -65,4 +68,5 @@ volumes:
devbox-data:
devbox-shell-history:
devbox-zoxide:
devbox-nvim-data:
devbox-uv:
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@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ services:
# Optional: persist VS Code server and extensions across container recreations
# - devbox-vscode:/home/developer/.vscode-server
# Persist neovim plugin/Mason data (avoids re-downloading on every recreate)
- devbox-nvim-data:/home/developer/.local/share/nvim
# Optional: AWS credentials/SSO config (not read-only — SSO writes token cache)
# - ~/.aws:/home/developer/.aws
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ volumes:
devbox-state:
devbox-shell-history:
devbox-zoxide:
devbox-nvim-data:
devbox-uv:
# devbox-rustup:
# devbox-cargo:
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@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ for dir in \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.local/state/opencode \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.local/share/uv \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.local/share/zoxide \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.local/share/nvim \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.cache/bash \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.rustup \
/home/"$USER_NAME"/.cargo \