vim: move packer location to local data dir

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.vim/lua/plugins.lua b/.vim/lua/plugins.lua
index 07a431b..824cfb4 100644
--- a/.vim/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/.vim/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 local g = vim.g
 
 -- force packer into a system directory
-local sysdata = vim.fn.stdpath('data_dirs')[1]
+-- local datadir = vim.fn.stdpath('data_dirs')[1]
+local datadir = vim.fn.stdpath('data')
 
-local install_path = sysdata .. '/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim'
+local install_path = require('packer.util').join_paths(datadir, '/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim')
 if vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
   vim.fn.system({ 'git', 'clone', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path })
   vim.api.nvim_command 'packadd packer.nvim'
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ local function disable_distribution_plugins() -- {{{
   g.loaded_netrwFileHandlers = 1
 end -- }}}
 
+-- we change the packer.compile_path below, so we need to require it here...
+require('packer_compiled')
+
 return require('packer').startup({function()
   -- disable built-in plugins
   disable_distribution_plugins()
@@ -744,5 +748,11 @@ return require('packer').startup({function()
 
 end,
 config = {
-  package_root = require('packer.util').join_paths(sysdata, 'site', 'pack'),
+  package_root = require('packer.util').join_paths(datadir, 'site/pack'),
+  compile_path = require('packer.util').join_paths(vim.fn.stdpath('config'), 'lua/packer_compiled.lua'),
+  git = {
+    subcommands = {
+      update = 'pull --ff-only --progress --rebase=true',
+    }
+  }
 }})