Installation: git clone git://github.com/escalant3/vim-config.git ~/.vim Create symlinks: ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc ln -s ~/.vim/gvimrc ~/.gvimrc Sync plugin submodules: cd ~/.vim git submodule init git submodule update Source: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/synchronizing-plugins-with-git-submodules-and-pathogen/