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I did the whole single .vim in git before switching to a script manager and I consider it a huge improvement.

- It's easier to install a new plugin, no more unzipping and copying files manually.

- The files from different plugins don't get mixed up together anymore

- which mean is also easier to remove one

- and also no file name conflict.

- If I have a bug somewhere it's easier to disable each plugins temporarily to find which one cause it.

- Easier to update a plugin

- My modification to my .vim don't get mixed up with the upstream updates from the plugins. If I want to modify a plugin I just fork it (and try to have my modification merged)

- In fact I don't really have a .vim anymore, I put everything in my .vimrc which is a nicer to read centralized location. If some part become too big I just refactor it in a separate module that I install with the manager.




I don't get the benefits of a vim script manager vs using your distribution's package manager, which seems to cover most (it not all) of the above.


Which script manager did you settle on?




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