From 7fd9976af3ee5c952f931e98b785608f0d0aa44c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Butler Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:47:00 -0700 Subject: vimPlugins: document update proces --- doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md') diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md index 8e4826232e1..84ad567e8c2 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/vim.section.md @@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ To add a new plugin, run `./update.py --add "[owner]/[name]"`. **NOTE**: This sc Finally, there are some plugins that are also packaged in nodePackages because they have Javascript-related build steps, such as running webpack. Those plugins are not listed in `vim-plugin-names` or managed by `update.py` at all, and are included separately in `overrides.nix`. Currently, all these plugins are related to the `coc.nvim` ecosystem of Language Server Protocol integration with vim/neovim. +## Updating plugins in nixpkgs + +Run the update script with a GitHub API token that has at least `public_repo` access. Running the script without the token is likely to result in rate-limiting (429 errors). For steps on creating an API token, please refer to [GitHub's token documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token). + +```sh +GITHUB_API_TOKEN=my_token ./pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py +``` + +Alternatively, set the number of processes to a lower count to avoid rate-limiting. + +```sh +./pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py --proc 1 +``` + ## Important repositories - [vim-pi](https://bitbucket.org/vimcommunity/vim-pi) is a plugin repository -- cgit 1.4.1