got it refactored and working, still plenty to split and organize

lua/kickstart/plugins/which_key.lua

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+return { -- Useful plugin to show you pending keybinds.
+  'folke/which-key.nvim',
+  event = 'VimEnter', -- Sets the loading event to 'VimEnter'
+  config = function() -- This is the function that runs, AFTER loading
+    require('which-key').setup()
+
+    -- Document existing key chains
+    require('which-key').register {
+      ['<leader>c'] = { name = '[C]ode', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+      ['<leader>d'] = { name = '[D]ocument', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+      ['<leader>r'] = { name = '[R]ename', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+      ['<leader>s'] = { name = '[S]earch', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+      ['<leader>w'] = { name = '[W]orkspace', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+      ['<leader>t'] = { name = '[T]oggle', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+      ['<leader>h'] = { name = 'Git [H]unk', _ = 'which_key_ignore' },
+    }
+    -- visual mode
+    require('which-key').register({
+      ['<leader>h'] = { 'Git [H]unk' },
+    }, { mode = 'v' })
+  end,
+}