To use this setup:

clone repo at ~/.vim ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc ln -s ~/.vim/gvimrc ~/.gvimrc

install pathogen vim plugin https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen

install vim plugins as git submodules Example: mkdir ~/.vim/bundle git submodule add http://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git bundle/fugitive git add . git commit -m "Install Fugitive.vim bundle as a submodule." http://vimcasts.org/episodes/synchronizing-plugins-with-git-submodules-and-pathogen/