After cloning this project, you can run the following to link these dotfiles into your home directory: rake Be warned: this will overwrite any existing .vimrc, .gvimrc or .vim/ files you have in your home directory. Uses `vim-plug` to manage bundles. Downloading and setting up the described plugins requires an extra step: vim +:PlugInstall If you plan on using command-t, you'll need to build the C extension. Vim-plug will do this automatically, but if it fails for some reason, you can do it manually, however make sure to use the ruby you built vim against: cd ~/.vim/plugged/command-t/ruby/command-t rvm use system ruby extconf.rb make