Move the defvar to the top of the files

init.el

@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 ;;; Load pre-init.el
 (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-init.el")
 
+;;; Variables
+(defvar minimal-emacs-window-divider-mode-enabled t
+  "Non-nil to enable `window-divider-mode'.")
+
+(defvar minimal-emacs-recentf-enabled t
+  "Non-nil to enable `recentf'.")
+
+(defvar minimal-emacs-savehist-enabled t
+  "Non-nil to enable `savehist'.")
+
 ;;; package.el
 
 (require 'package)
@@ -124,9 +134,6 @@
       window-divider-default-places t
       window-divider-default-right-width 1)
 
-(defvar minimal-emacs-window-divider-mode-enabled t
-  "Non-nil to enable `window-divider-mode'.")
-
 (when minimal-emacs-window-divider-mode-enabled
   (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'window-divider-mode))
 
@@ -182,18 +189,12 @@
 (setq recentf-max-saved-items 300) ; default is 20
 (setq recentf-auto-cleanup 'mode)
 
-(defvar minimal-emacs-recentf-enabled t
-  "Non-nil to enable `recentf'.")
-
 (when minimal-emacs-recentf-enabled
   (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'recentf-mode))
 
 ;;; savehist
 (setq savehist-save-minibuffer-history t)  ;; Default
 
-(defvar minimal-emacs-savehist-enabled t
-  "Non-nil to enable `savehist'.")
-
 (when minimal-emacs-savehist-enabled
   (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'savehist-mode))