mentos' vimfiles

This is a collection of gVim/mVim plugins, along with their configuration. For the most part, it uses pathogen & git submodules.

Fresh Installation

For installing these vimfiles on a fresh vim installation you will need to run:

$ ~ git clone https://github.com/mentos/vimfiles ~/.vim
$ ~ cd ~/.vim
$ ~ bash bootstrap

The bootstrap files contains the following commands:

$ ~ curl -LSso ./autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim
$ ~ ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
$ ~ git submodule update --init

What's happening in there is self-explanatory.

Now you can vim, mvim or gvim on your terminal and enjoy this configuration.

Existing installation

This setup will not play nicely with existing configuration. You'll have to figure out and merge configuration manually. It's highly suggested to backup your existing configuration:

$ mv ~/.vimrc{,.bak}
$ mv ~/.vim{,.bak}

Maintenance

Use git submodule update --recursive --remote inside .vim/ to update all submodules to the latest vesion.

You can remove a submodule by following these steps:

1. Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file
2. Stage the .gitmodules changes git add .gitmodules
3. Delete the relevant section from .git/config
4. Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash)
5. Run rm -rf .git/modules/path_to_submodule
6. Commit git commit -m "Removed submodule <name>"
7. Delete the now untracked submodule files rm -rf path_to_submodule

https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSubmoduleTutorial#Removal

Every time you update or remove a submodule, don't forget to run curl -LSso ./autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim so it picks up the latest changes.