Install vim-plug for Neovim

What is vim-plug? 🤔#

• Minimalist plugin manager for Vim/Neovim

Pros.#

• Easy to set up: Single file. No boilerplate code required.
• Easy to use: Concise, intuitive syntax
• Super-fast parallel installation/update (with any of +job, +python, +python3, +ruby, or Neovim)
• Creates shallow clones to minimize disk space usage and download time
• On-demand loading for faster startup time
• Can review and rollback updates
• Branch/tag/commit support
• Post-update hooks
• Support for externally managed plugins

Install vim-plug for Neovim#

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

Create vim-plug folder and plugins.vim file

mkdir ~/.config/nvim/vim-plug
touch ~/.config/nvim/vim-plug/plugins.vim

Following to plugins.vim

" Automatic installation
if empty(glob('~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim'))
  silent execute '!curl -fLo ~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
  autocmd VimEnter * PlugInstall
endif

call plug#begin('~/.config/nvim/autoload/plugged')

" NERDTree file system explorer
Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree'

" Autopairs
Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs'

" Best syntax and indentation support
Plug 'sheerun/vim-polyglot'

call plug#end()

Source in init.vim

source $HOME/.config/nvim/vim-plug/plugins.vim

Reload nvim and :PlugInstall to install plugins

NOTE: Another vim-plug tips

Commands#

• :PlugInstall - Install plugins
• :PlugUpdate - Update plugins
• :PlugClean - Remove unlisted plugins (bang version will clean without prompt)
• :PlugUpgrade - Upgrade vim-plug itself
• :PlugStatus - Check the status of plugins
• :PlugDiff - Examine changes from the previous update and the pending changes
• :PlugSnapshot - Generate script for restoring the current snapshot of the plugins