Plug 'junegunn/vim-plug'

[drbeco]

Is it possible to add

Plug 'junegunn/vim-plug'

and make it auto-update itself?

[drbeco]

I have a suggestion on how this might work with no need to extra code, but my test didn't worked out.

I've cloned and added a new branch install with a single file in it plug.vim, so the update will just download the correct file and not stuff things into the autoload directory.

Then I added the command to my .vimrc:

Plug 'drbeco/vim-plug', {  'dir': '~/.vim/autoload', 'branch': 'install' }

It sounds reasonable, but it didn't update. Maybe because the plug.vim is already updated? Well, it didn't gave any errors also.

[drbeco]

Another suggestion, also easy to implement, is a post-install hook with a python script to just copy the file ~/.vim/plugged/vim-plug/plug.vim to ~/.vim/autoload

Plug 'junegunn/vim-plug', { 'do': './install.py' }

or maybe even just:

Plug 'junegunn/vim-plug', {  'do': 'cp ~/.vim/plugged/vim-plug/plug.vim ~/.vim/autoload' }

But that would fix the directories.

[junegunn]

See https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/wiki/faq#shouldnt-vim-plug-update-itself-on-plugupdate-like-vundle

[drbeco]

Thanks! I'll look into that.

[drbeco]

So many duplicates. Sorry to add yet another one.

Main discussion:

Let vim-plug manage itself #69

References:

Why not make this plugin manage itself? #73
autoload directory #77
how to automatically install itself? #89
Managing vim-plug with vim-plug #102
Self-management #128
plug.vim should be in autoload directory #203
Allow vim-plug to be managed as a plugin #240

[drbeco]

Still, those discussions shade some light in the fact that I need to install vim-plug in /etc/vim/ as a global plugin manager, with plugins at /etc/vim/plugged, with write permission only to root.

I've searched the issues for global install to no avail I'm afraid to create another duplicate. Is there any info on how to install vim-plug globally?