vim-outdated-plugins

A remote (non-blocking) plugin for showing the number of and automatically updating outdated plugins managed via vim-plug

What does it do?

This plugin provides a mechanism for displaying a message indicating whether any of your plugins are outdated. It can also optionally trigger an update if needed. It fills a gap in vim-plug, which has no mechanism for fetching updates without also installing them and cannot function non-disruptively in the background

Installation

Add the following line inside of the call plug#begin() section of your init.vim:

Plug 'thisisrandy/vim-outdated-plugins'

and anywhere after call plug#end(), add

" This line is required to check for outdated plugins on startup
autocmd VimEnter * call CheckOutdatedPlugins()

Configuration

" Do not show any message if all plugins are up to date. 0 by default
let g:outdated_plugins_silent_mode = 1

" Trigger :PlugUpdate as needed. 0 by default. Note that, when triggered, this
" will open and focus a vertical split and do blocking work, which some users may
" find disruptive on startup
let g:outdated_plugins_trigger_mode = 1

Requirements

• neovim
• git
• vim-plug
• python >= 3.5

Development

Fork this repository and point the vim-plug section of your init.vim to it. After running :PlugInstall, you can edit the code directly in the vim-plug directory, which is ~/.config/nvim/plugged by default. Note that nvim must be restarted for changes to be reflected. For details and a more general new development-oriented method, see nvim-example-python-plugin

Screenshots

Simple message text message under the status bar.

OS

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows

Plugin Managers:

• vim-plug
• Vundle
• Pathogen
• dein.vim
• NeoBundle
• VAM

Notificatation methods

• Basic echo
• Status line variable