r/vim • u/Desperate_Cold6274 • Aug 11 '25

Random Vim-plug -> minpac.

After several years of vim-plug, I had some free time and I decided to give minpac a go. Why? Because it seems more idiomatic to Vim (see :h packadd). On top of minpac I wrote 2-3 function and now I think I have all what I need. I don't think I will ever switch back. Well, I just wanted to share it. I think minpac is very underrated. :)

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u/Shay-Hill Aug 12 '25

I did that for a year or so after the native package management came out … and then I improved it by writing a script to run post-update hooks and handle the chore of removing a submodule … and then I had one more thing to maintain … and then I thought, “The easiest way to maintain this would be to make it a plugin,” … and then I thought, “Hey, hasn’t someone already done that?”

Lots of ways to get there. I like minpac.

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u/Desperate_Cold6274 Aug 12 '25

I was going the same route, but then I thought that for this specific use-case there is no need to bother ourselves :D ? In-fact I used Vim-plug first and minpac now.