Multiple post install commands with "do"

[PezCoder]

What?

I have a usecase where as part of installing coc.nvim through Plug, I want to specify multiple dependencies to be installed which are:

1. :CocInstall <bunch of plugins>
2. !brew install watchman I'm unsure in terms of how to do that as do only support providing a single command.

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Minimal config

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release', 'do': ':CocInstall coc-tsserver coc-json coc-css coc-html coc-pyright coc-styled-components'}
" I want to add 'brew install watchman' as a dependency when coc.nvim is installed
call plug#end()

:version

NVIM v0.7.0
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
Compiled by runner@Mac-1650023513425.local

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[ghost]

coc.nvim, there is a variable called g:coc_global_extensions, and you can use that variable to automatically install LS.

so, you can write only brew install watchman to do of vim-plug

[junegunn]

You can specify a function as the post-update hook.

See https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/issues/944

[PezCoder]

Ah thanks, this worked! Thanks!

This is what I used for the above usecase:

" How post update hook works
" https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug/blob/master/README.md#post-update-hooks
function! PostInstallCocNvim(info)
  if a:info.status == 'installed' || a:info.force
    !brew install watchman
    CocInstall coc-tsserver  "... other plugins
  endif
endfunction

Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release', 'do': function('PostInstallCocNvim') }