self-installing example

[craigmac]

In case this might be useful for others looking for a one-file kickstart-style setup, here's what I'm doing:

In ~/.config/nvim/init.lua:

local path = vim.fn.stdpath('data') .. '/site/pack/paqs/start/paq-nvim'
local first_install = false

if vim.fn.glob(path) == "" then
  first_install = true
  vim.fn.system({ 'git', 'clone', 'https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim', path })
  vim.cmd.packadd('paq-nvim')
end

local packages = {
  'savq/paq-nvim',
  -- your packages
}

local paq = require('paq')
if first_install then print('Paq: first install, plugins being installed, if prompted hit Enter to continue.') end
paq(packages)
paq.install()

vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('BufWritePost', {
  command = 'silent PaqClean | silent PaqInstall',
  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('Paq', { clear = true }),
  pattern = vim.fn.expand('$MYVIMRC'),
})

Don't know if it's worth adding to the docs or not, but just thought I'd add it here in case someone is looking how to do it. Feel free to point out mistakes I might have made in the above! Thanks.

[craigmac]

Benefit of this way, is there's no restart Neovim required. I can wipe out my packpath start nvim with this, it installs everything and I can work right away.

[savq]

Maybe we could edit :h paq-bootstrapping to show both the script-ish and the config-ish ways to install paq and plugins.

On that note, I should make my own kickstart.nvim