Organizing zsh plugins in the dotfiles repository?

[766F6964]

I noticed that in your dotfiles repository, specifically within the .config/zsh directory, only the .zshrc and .p10k.zsh files are provided. The .zshrc file depends on several plugins, such as zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-history-substring-search, you-should-use, and zsh-auto-suggestions. I'm curious as to why these plugins are not included. Do you install them externally?

I am asking this primarily to organize my own dotfiles better, and I am curious about your approach. For instance, the you-should-use plugin is a simple .zsh file that could easily be included in the repository. However, other plugins, like zsh-auto-suggestions, consist of multiple interconnected .zsh files.

What do you think is the best approach to organize these plugins more efficiently?

• Exclude all plugins and manually install each one. This approach would complicate setting up a new system with the dotfiles due to the additional manual steps.
• Include only the single-file plugins, excluding the others. This still introduces some manual overhead.
• Include all plugins, which can be challenging as it requires determining which files are essential. Some have many files, that wouldn't not need to be in the dotfiles repository.
• Use submodules for some of the plugins.

[ericmurphyxyz]

My zsh plugins have been pretty unorganized for a while. I was just manually installing them every time I set up a new computer, which was not the most efficient way to do it. After seeing this, I ended up reorganizing my .zshrc and adding a simple script so all the plugins will automatically be installed the first time you run zsh. Hope that helps you organize your own dotfiles in some way.