vimball.rb

The vimball.rb ruby script that allows user to create, install, and list the contents of vimballs.

Configuration

Configuration is done via yaml files:

• VIMFILES/vimballs/config_${hostname}.yml
• or VIMFILES/vimballs/config.yml

Example configuration file:

--- vimfiles: /home/foo/.vim/
installdir: /home/foo/.vim/
compress: false
helptags: gvim --cmd "helptags %s|quit"
username: foo
password: bar
history_fmt: Please see http://github.com/foo/%s_vim/commits/master/
ignore_git_messages_rx: ^- (readme|docs|misc|meta|etc|minor)$
roots:
- /home/foo/.vim/bundle

Examples

Create a vimball:

vimball.rb vba myplugin.recipe

Create vimballs if a file has changed:

vimball.rb -u vba myplugin.recipe

Create a vimball and upload it to vim.org with vimscriptuploader.rb:

rm myplugin.yml || echo ignore error
if vimball.rb -u --save-yaml -- vba myplugin.recipe | grep "vimball: Save as"; then
vimscriptdef.rb --recipe myplugin.recipe
vimscriptuploader.rb --user foo --password bar myplugin.yml
fi

Install a vimball:

vimball.rb install myplugin.vba

Install a vimball as a "bundle" (i.e. in its own directory under ~/.vim/bundle):

vimball.rb --repo install myplugin.vba

Dependencies

• ruby 1.8