Help manage vim plugins from git repositories, including pathogen, syntastic and pylint (among others)

vim_plugins

#!/bin/bash
#
# Install and maintain vim plugins
#
# Russell M. Van Tassell
# russell@geekoncall.net
#

# Path to Git
GIT=/usr/bin/git

# Generic location of Vim Configuration Directory per-user
VIM_DIR="${HOME}/.vim"

# List repositories of desired plugins, here...
read -r -d '' PLUGINS <<-'EOF'
  https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic.git
  https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline.git
  https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround.git
EOF

#
# You should not need to edit anything past this line...
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Identify proper package manager by system type...

PKG_MGR=""

# OpenSUSE
if [ -x /usr/bin/zypper ]; then
  PKG_MGR=/usr/bin/zypper
fi

# Debian/Ubuntu/Mint
if [ -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
  PKG_MGR=/usr/bin/apt-get
fi

# RHEL/CentOS
if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
  PKG_MGR=/usr/bin/yum
fi

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Install Pylint
if [ ! -z "$PKG_MGR" ]; then
  # Install Pylint
  sudo $PKG_MGR install pylint
  echo ""
else
  echo "ERROR: Unknown O/S or Package Manager"
  exit 1
fi

#
# General Home Dir Setup
mkdir -p ${VIM_DIR}/autoload ${VIM_DIR}/bundle

# Install Pathogen in the Autoloader
cd ${VIM_DIR}/autoload
if [ ! -f ./vim-pathogen.git/.git/config ]; then
  echo "Cloning VIM Pathogen in to Autoload Directory"
  $GIT clone https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen.git vim-pathogen.git
else
  echo "Updating VIM Pathogen in Autoload Directory"
  cd vim-pathogen.git
  $GIT pull
  cd ..
fi

cd ${VIM_DIR}/autoload
if [ ! -L "pathogen.vim" ]; then
  echo " - Adding symlink for VIM Pathogen in Autoload Directory"
  ln -s vim-pathogen.git/autoload/pathogen.vim .
  echo " - NOTE: You should make sure pathogen is configured in your vimrc"
  echo " -  REF: https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen"
fi

echo ""

# Install VIM Plugins, used by Pathogen
cd ${VIM_DIR}/bundle

# Clone or Update Plugins
for plugin in $PLUGINS; do
  plugin_dir=$(/usr/bin/basename $plugin .git)
  if [ -d "$plugin_dir" ]; then
    echo "Updating Plugin: $plugin_dir"
    echo " - $plugin_dir: $plugin"
    cd $plugin_dir
    $GIT pull
    cd ..
  else
    echo "Cloning Plugin: $plugin_dir"
    $GIT clone $plugin
  fi
  echo ""
done