This repository contains the contents of my .vim directory. My .vimrc looks like this: " put platform-specific settings here " and then source the common configuration file source ~/.vim/vimrc All addons go in the bundle directory and are managed by pathogen. When possible I install them as git submodules: git submodule add http://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim.git bundle/snipmate git submodule add http://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git bundle/nerdtree git submodule add http://github.com/clones/vim-fuzzyfinder.git bundle/fuzzyfinder git submodule add git://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git bundle/fugitive After a fresh clone of the repository, you need to do this to get the submodules: git submodule init git submodule update If after 'call pathogen#helptags()' you get a warning about a dirty submodule, add 'tags' to bundle/REPO/.git/info/exclude, where REPO is the repository that is giving the warning.