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VimSwitch: Use Your Vim Settings Everwhere

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I understand the need to build tools and I would have used this too, if it was a simple enough bash script with a bunch of aliases and some sweet bash_completion love.

However, I don't see why I should replace this ...

  $ mv ~/.vimrc{,~}
  $ mv ~/.vim{,~}
  $ git clone --recursive git@github.com:lonetwin/lonetvim.git ~/.vim
  $ ln -sf ~/.vim/dot_vimrc ~/.vimrc
  # -- work --

^profiles^ could just as well be branches ...although, I don't think I have use for them.

OP here. VimSwitch does something similar to what your script does. It just makes it a bit more convenient. Here is a use case that I plan to use it for:

    # log into production server
    $ vimswitch priomsrb/vimrc
    # -- work --
    $ vimswitch default
    $ logout

This puts vim back into it's original state for the next person who logs in.

In future versions I hope to make the above workflow even simpler:

    # log in to production server
    $ vimswitch --launch priomsrb/vimrc
    # log out

The --launch command will launch vim with your settings without altering the home directory.

If that's the symptom then I would recommend using different SSH users instead of everyone sharing the same account. It allows each user to use it's own config and also makes `who` more useful.

That's a good point. My example comes from experiences where the only available users are 'admin' or 'logs'.

I tend to agree, I don't understand how this problem warrants literally thousands of lines of code, when a few lines of bash will do...

I am using GNU stow [1] to share more than just Vim (though you could just do Vim) and it's been easy-breezy.

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[1]: http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to...

Another option that made the rounds on HN somewhat recently:

https://github.com/Russell91/sshrc/

I just use a Rakefile to do similar. I just clone my Git repo and run 'rake' in the directory and I'm done. (Same for many other apps.)

https://github.com/Slackwise/dotfiles/blob/master/vim

One feedback: It would be great if you can add head/title on your webpage. It just helpful when going through my bookmarks at a later date. Thanks again for the awesome tool!

<head> <title>VimSwitch: Use Your Vim Settings Everwhere</title> </head>

Ahh. Thank you for reminding me. It's been added now.

How does this work with plugin managers such as Vundle/Pathogen?

It should work with both as VimSwitch recursively copies ~/.vim. I'm using Vundle for my own profile without problems.

That assumes you're using submodules or subtree as your versioning mechanism. If you're using vundle/neobundle, does it do the magic of running the bootstrap to download your bundles from the internet?

No, it does not run :BundleInstall for you. Maybe it would be a good idea if the user could specify some commands to run after downloading a profile. For example they could add a line in their .vimrc:

    " vimswitch-after-download=:BundleInstall

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