Create an Archive of Your Vim Configuration/Setup for Deployment on Other Machines

vim-conf-makedist.sh

#! /bin/bash

function usage {
    echo "`basename $0` [OPTIONS] [OUTPUT-PREFIX]"
    echo "Archives Vim installation."
    echo " "
    echo "Options:"
    echo "  --windows           ... build distributable for MS Windows system"
    echo "  -h|--help           ... show help"
    exit 1
}

WINDOWS_TARGET=0
while [ -n $1 ]; do
    case $1 in
    --windows)
        WINDOWS_TARGET=1
        shift
        ;;
    -h|--help)
        usage
        ;;
    *)
        break
        ;;
    esac
done

if [[ -n $1 ]]
then
    OUTPUT_PREFIX="$1"
else
    OUTPUT_PREFIX="$(pwd)/vim-conf"
fi


TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/vimmakedist.XXXXXX) || exit 1

cd $HOME
tar -c -f $TEMPDIR/vimfiles.tar --exclude '*/.git*' -h .vimrc .vim/
cd $TEMPDIR
tar xvf vimfiles.tar
rm vimfiles.tar
if [[ $WINDOWS_TARGET == 1 ]]
then
    mv .vimrc _vimrc
    mv .vim/ vimfiles/
    zip -r $OUTPUT_PREFIX.zip _vimrc vimfiles
else
    tar cvzf $OUTPUT_PREFIX.tar.gz .vimrc .vim/
fi
cd ..
rm -r $TEMPDIR