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vim-plug
A single-file Vim plugin manager.
Somewhere between Pathogen and Vundle, but with faster parallel installer.
Pros.
- Easier to setup
- Parallel installation/update (requires +ruby)
- Smallest possible feature set
- Dependency resolution using
Plugfile(experimental)
Cons.
- Everything else
Usage
Download plug.vim and put it in ~/.vim/autoload
mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim https://raw.github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
Edit your .vimrc
call plug#begin()
Plug 'junegunn/seoul256'
Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align'
" Plug 'user/repo1', 'branch_or_tag'
" Plug 'user/repo2', { 'rtp': 'vim/plugin/dir', 'branch': 'devel' }
" Plug 'git@github.com:junegunn/vim-github-dashboard.git'
" ...
call plug#end()
Then :PlugInstall to install plugins.
Plugin directory
By default, plugins are installed in plugged directory under the first path in
runtimepath at the point when plug#begin() is called. This is usually
~/.vim/plugged (or $HOME/vimfiles/plugged on Windows) given that you didn't
touch runtimepath before the call. You can explicitly set the location of the
plugins with plug#begin(path) call.
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| PlugInstall [#threads] | Install plugins |
| PlugUpdate [#threads] | Install or update plugins |
| PlugClean[!] | Remove unused directories (bang version will clean without prompt) |
| PlugUpgrade | Upgrade vim-plug itself |
| PlugStatus | Check the status of plugins |
(Default number of threads = g:plug_threads or 16)
Dependency resolution
If a Vim plugin specifies its dependent plugins in Plugfile in its root
directory, vim-plug will automatically source it recursively during the
installation.
A Plugfile should contain a set of Plug commands for the dependent plugins.
I've created three dummy repositories with Plugfiles as an example to this scheme.
- junegunn/dummy1
- Plugfile includes
Plug 'junegunn/dummy2'
- Plugfile includes
- junegunn/dummy2
- Plugfile includes
Plug 'junegunn/dummy3'
- Plugfile includes
- junegunn/dummy3
If you put Plug 'junegunn/dummy1' in your configuration file, and run
:PlugInstall,
- vim-plug first installs dummy1
- And sees if the repository has Plugfile
- Plugfile is loaded and vim-plug discovers dependent plugins
- Dependent plugins are then installed as well, and their Plugfiles are examined and their dependencies are resolved recursively.
Articles
Regarding feature request
You may submit a request for a new feature by creating an issue. However, please be minded that this is an opinionated software and I want to keep the feature set as small as possible. So I may not agree with you on the necessity of the suggested feature. If that happens, I suggest the following options.