Consider dired-mode buffers real

core/autoload/buffers.el

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ;;; core/autoload/buffers.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defvar doom-real-buffer-functions '()
+(defvar doom-real-buffer-functions
+  '(doom-dired-buffer-p)
   "A list of predicate functions run to determine if a buffer is real, unlike
 `doom-unreal-buffer-functions'. They are passed one argument: the buffer to be
 tested.
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ If no project is active, return all buffers."
                  collect buf)
       buffers)))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defun doom-dired-buffer-p (buf)
+  "Returns non-nil if BUF is a dired buffer."
+  (with-current-buffer buf (derived-mode-p 'dired-mode)))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom-special-buffer-p (buf)
   "Returns non-nil if BUF's name starts and ends with an *."

modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el

@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ project (which may be different across perspective)."
 
 (defun +doom-dashboard-initial-buffer ()
   "Returns buffer to display on startup. Designed for `initial-buffer-choice'."
-  (if (or (doom-real-buffer-p)
-          (derived-mode-p 'dired-mode))
+  (if (doom-real-buffer-p)
       (current-buffer)
     (doom-fallback-buffer)))