Make Vim's Vundle autoupdate?

You could try calling the :BundleUpdate function using vim --cmd from a cron job (assuming you're on a Unix-like OS). On windows XP you can use scheduled tasks. In later versions it is called schtasks.

Note that this is probably not a good idea, especially for bundles in git repos. It could e.g. very well be that the bundle in question is not in a working order when you update it, leaving you with a broken plugin.

In that case you'd have to disable the automatic updating and find and check out a working version of the bundle. Not a nice thing if you're trying to get work done.

Roland Smith

Posted 2013-11-04T21:09:23.303

Reputation: 1 712

1Isn't it equally true that any time you run the BundleUpdate function you risk breaking that bundle's functionality? Why is the risk of updating at regular intervals greater than the risk of updating sporadically (and manually) whenever you happen to think of doing so? Doesn't the risk of missing out on updates outweigh this risk, and isn't that why Chrome and Firefox both auto-update now? – Kyle Strand – 2013-11-05T01:10:15.903

There's no risk associated with missing an update of your favorite vim plugins but there are security risks associated with missing an update of your favorite browser. – romainl – 2013-11-05T07:24:28.557

@KyleStrand Updating manually allows you to inspect changes before they are applied. An ounce of prevention being better than a pound of cure and all that. And it allows you to write down the last working version of a plugin in case you need to roll back. – Roland Smith – 2013-11-05T19:43:14.237

1While I see why one would want to automatically update plugins, I believe there is a good reason to do it manually. After running :BundleUpdate you can press u and review the changelogs (i.e. git commit logs) of the updated plugins. From that you can learn about the new functionality introduced. – taketwo – 2013-11-04T21:38:56.757

This is a very bad idea but the author might be interested in this "feature". Did you try the issue tracker? – romainl – 2013-11-04T22:24:38.700

Make Vim's Vundle autoupdate?

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