this repository contains my vim settings on windows, assuming that repo have been cloned to ~/.vim folder, you have to create a ~/_vimrc as follows : set runtimepath^=~/.vim/.vim source ~/.vim/.vimrc on linux, assuming that repo have been cloned to .vim-git (thus avoids conflictswith any .vim folder) 1) use symbolic links ~/.vimrc -> ~/.vim-git/.vimrc ~/.vim -> ~/.vim-git/.vim 2) use a ~/.vimrc that makes indirection as on windows set runtimepath^=~/.vim-git/.vim source ~/.vim-git/.vimrc