updating gitignore and making sure vim plug is always installed

.gitignore

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+.Brewfile.lock.json
+.CFUserTextEncoding
+.android
+.ansible
+.bash_history
+.bash_sessions
+.bashrc_locahost
+.cache
+.cups
+.docker
+.gem
+.gnupg
+.gnupg_pre_2.1
+.gradle
+.hyper_plugins/**
+.ipython
+.krew
+.kube
+.lesshst
+.local/share/**
+.matplotlib
+.mongorc.js
+.npm
+.nvm
+.omnisharp
+.python_history
+.ssh
+.swiftpm
+.terraform.d
+.thumbnails
+.tldr
+.tldrc
+.Trash
+.vimfuzzyfinder
+.vim/plugged/**
+.viminfo
+.vnc
+.wget-hsts
+ApkProjects
+Applications
+Desktop
+Documents
+Downloads
+Library
+Movies
+Music
+Pictures
+Public
+cron
+go
+repos

.vimrc

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+" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"                       "vimrc of @jessebot on GitHub"
+" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                                 GENERAL:
+"                    "line numbers, cursorline, etc,"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" line numbers for debugging and screen sharing
+set number
+
+" highlight current line - very useful, shouldn't turn off, you will be lost
+set cursorline
+
+" fix window to be 80 characters at start
+set winwidth=80
+
+" allow backspacing over everything in insert mode
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+
+set shell=bash\ --login
+" remember more commands and search history
+set history=10000
+
+let g:ycm_enable_semantic_highlighting=1
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                              MISC KEY MAPS:
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+" for writing custom commands
+" https://medium.com/usevim/vim-101-what-is-the-leader-key-f2f5c1fa610f
+" The <Leader> key is a reference to a specific key defined by the mapleader
+" variable. A lot of ppl change to comma because they find it easier to type.
+let mapleader=","
+
+" Move around splits with ctrl + nav key(hjkl)
+nnoremap <c-j> <c-w>j
+nnoremap <c-k> <c-w>k
+nnoremap <c-h> <c-w>h
+nnoremap <c-l> <c-w>l
+
+" Clear the search buffer when hitting return
+function! MapCR()
+  nnoremap <cr> :nohlsearch<cr>
+endfunction
+call MapCR()
+nnoremap <leader><leader> <c-^>
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                         MULTIPURPOSE TAB KEY:
+"     "Indent if we're at the beginning of a line. Else, do completion."
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+function! InsertTabWrapper()
+    let col = col('.') - 1
+    if !col || getline('.')[col - 1] !~ '\k'
+        return "\<tab>"
+    else
+        return "\<c-p>"
+    endif
+endfunction
+inoremap <tab> <c-r>=InsertTabWrapper()<cr>
+inoremap <s-tab> <c-n>
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"              Disable arrow keys to force using vi navigation:
+"              "(really though, you should learn hjkl for vi)"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+map <Left> <Nop>
+map <Right> <Nop>
+map <Up> <Nop>
+map <Down> <Nop>
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                             Syntax And Colors:
+"                  "Syntax highlighting and colorscheme"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" Use 24-bit (true-color) mode in Neovim 0.1.5+ and Vim 7.4+
+if (has("termguicolors"))
+    set termguicolors
+endif
+
+" Enable syntax highlighting by default
+syntax on
+" gray line on the 80 character line, so you know when you're over 80 char
+set colorcolumn=80
+" custom colorscheme to be more pastel and pretty
+colorscheme chalky
+
+" clap
+let g:clap_theme = 'material_design_dark'
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                                Font Style:
+"  "Using a fancy font if we have a gui, making sure we have utf-8 encoding"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" fonts with icons/emojis require utf-8
+set encoding=utf-8
+" use specific font with the glyphs patched in
+set guifont=Mononoki\ Nerd\ Font:h15
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                           GENERAL Part Two:
+"                     "stuff I need to research more"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" allow unsaved background buffers and remember marks/undo for them
+set hidden
+set scrolloff=3
+" Prevent Vim from clobbering the scrollback buffer. See
+" http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html
+set t_ti= t_te=
+
+
+" Store temporary files in a central spot ?
+set backup
+set backupdir=~/.vim-tmp,~/.tmp,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp
+set directory=~/.vim-tmp,~/.tmp,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp
+
+" display incomplete commands ?
+set showcmd
+
+" use emacs-style tab completion when selecting files, etc ?
+set wildmode=longest,list
+" make tab completion for files/buffers act like bash ?
+set wildmenu
+
+" unsure what this does and afraid to remove it...?
+set nocompatible
+
+" other stuff that I don't know if it matters...?
+set switchbuf=useopen
+set numberwidth=5
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                               FOLDING ZONE:
+"                    "collapse an entire block or function"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" Enable folding on base indent
+set foldmethod=indent
+set foldlevel=99
+" let spacebar allow me to fold the code
+nnoremap <space> za
+" also allow me to see the doc strings
+let g:SimpylFold_docstring_preview=1
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                                INDENT ZONE:
+"                          "define tabs and spaces"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+set expandtab
+set tabstop=4
+set shiftwidth=4
+set softtabstop=4
+set autoindent
+" Enable file type detection. Use the default filetype settings, so that mail
+" gets 'tw' set to 72, 'cindent' is on in C files, etc.
+" Also load indent files, to automatically do language-dependent indenting.
+filetype plugin indent on
+" yaml needs a bit of help
+autocmd FileType yaml setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab foldlevelstart=20
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                               Ale:
+"           "linter warning and errors using existing linters"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+let g:ale_echo_msg_format = '[%linter%] %s [%severity%]'
+let g:ale_sign_error = '✘'
+let g:ale_sign_warning = '⚠'
+let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'never'
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                                SEARCHING:
+"                "how we highlight search results and the like"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+set laststatus=2
+set showmatch
+set incsearch
+set hlsearch
+" make searches case-sensitive only if they contain upper-case characters
+set ignorecase smartcase
+" solve issue where sometimes search is used with white text on yellow bg
+
+" Make * search the file for text when you highlight it in visual mode
+xnoremap * :<C-u>call <SID>VSetSearch()<CR>/<C-R>=@/<CR><CR>
+xnoremap # :<C-u>call <SID>VSetSearch()<CR>?<C-R>=@/<CR><CR>
+
+function! s:VSetSearch()
+    let temp = @s
+    norm! gv"sy
+    let @/ = '\V' . substitute(escape(@s, '/\'), '\n', '\\n','g')
+    let @s = temp
+endfunction
+" Above is from from this user: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42776237
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                            CUSTOM AUTOCMDS:
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+augroup vimrcEx
+" Clear all autocmds in the group
+  autocmd!
+  autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78
+" Jump to last cursor position unless it's invalid or in an event handler
+  autocmd BufReadPost *
+    \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
+    \ exe "normal g`\"" |
+    \ endif
+
+" Leave the return key alone when in command line windows, since it's used
+" to run commands there.
+  autocmd! CmdwinEnter * :unmap <cr>
+  autocmd! CmdwinLeave * :call MapCR()
+augroup END
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                            CUSTOM Commands:
+"                 "Locally defined commands for helpfulness"
+"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+
+" remove trailing whitespaces
+command! FixWhitespace :%s/\s\+$//e
+
+" OPEN FILES IN DIRECTORY OF CURRENT FILE
+map <leader>e :edit %%
+map <leader>v :view %%
+
+
+" RENAME CURRENT FILE
+function! RenameFile()
+    let old_name = expand('%')
+    let new_name = input('New file name: ', expand('%'), 'file')
+    if new_name != '' && new_name != old_name
+        exec ':saveas ' . new_name
+        exec ':silent !rm ' . old_name
+        redraw!
+    endif
+endfunction
+map <leader>n :call RenameFile()<cr>
+
+" Md5 COMMAND - Show the MD5 of the current buffer"
+command! -range Md5 :echo system('echo '.shellescape(join(getline(<line1>, <line2>), '\n')) . '| md5')
+
+
+" OpenChangedFiles - Open a split for each dirty file in git
+function! OpenChangedFiles()
+  only " Close all windows, unless they're modified
+  let status = system('git status -s | grep "^ \?\(M\|A\|UU\)" | sed "s/^.\{3\}//"')
+  let filenames = split(status, "\n")
+  exec "edit " . filenames[0]
+  for filename in filenames[1:]
+    exec "sp " . filename
+  endfor
+endfunction
+command! OpenChangedFiles :call OpenChangedFiles()
+
+" Insert the current time
+command! InsertTime :normal a<c-r>=strftime('%F %H:%M:%S.0 %z')<cr>
+
+" <Leader>w
+" Sudo vim trick with less key strokes - allow saving of files as sudo when I
+" forgot to start vim using sudo.
+noremap <Leader>w :w !sudo tee % > /dev/null
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                              Airline:
+"               "A pure vim script status line for vim"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" use powerline fonts
+let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
+" use softer colors
+let g:airline_theme='murmur'
+" changing separators to match personal powerline for shell
+let g:airline_left_sep=' '
+let g:airline_right_sep=''
+" this is a smaller more consise final section
+function! LinePercent()
+    return line('.') * 100 / line('$') . '%'
+endfunction
+let g:airline_section_z = ':%l (%{LinePercent()}) :%v'
+
+
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+"                               Gitgutter:
+" "vim-gitgutter is a vim plugin that puts a symbol in a column to the left"
+"  "We need to do a little configuring to make it less ugly"
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+" use the nerdfont symbols inst4ead of -,+
+let g:gitgutter_sign_added = ''
+let g:gitgutter_sign_modified = ''
+let g:gitgutter_sign_removed = ''
+
+" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"                                "vim-plug"
+"         "plugin manager for vim: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug
+"          plugin directory will be (on Linux/macOS): '~/.vim/plugged'
+" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+call plug#begin()
+
+" -------------------- General IDE stuff ------------------------
+" adds a pretty status line
+Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
+Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes'
+" allow collapsing of functions for python and other supported languages
+Plug 'tmhedberg/SimpylFold'
+" indents lines and adds a line to show blocks of code
+Plug 'Yggdroot/indentLine'
+" this is a modern fuzzy searcher
+Plug 'liuchengxu/vim-clap'
+
+" NerdTree - Tree explorer plugin - use :NERDTreeToggle to try it out
+"          - after nerdtree is on visible, use ? for help
+"
+" On-demand loading of nerdtree
+Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree', { 'on':  'NERDTreeToggle' }
+" add tabs to nerdtree - experimental
+Plug 'jistr/vim-nerdtree-tabs'
+" puts little glyphs for different file types
+Plug 'ryanoasis/vim-devicons'
+" syntax highlighing for nerdtree
+Plug 'tiagofumo/vim-nerdtree-syntax-highlight'
+" add git awareness to see modified, merged, etc status of file in nerdtree
+Plug 'Xuyuanp/nerdtree-git-plugin'
+
+" git plugin for running git commands with :git
+Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
+" puts a git + or - in side line to show git changes in file
+Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
+
+" general linter - will use common linters and highlight broken code
+Plug 'dense-analysis/ale'
+
+" ---------- Language Specific/File type Specific Stuff -------------
+
+" terraform linter
+Plug 'hashivim/vim-terraform'
+
+" bash tab completion
+Plug 'WolfgangMehner/bash-support'
+
+" yaml syntax highlighting better
+Plug 'stephpy/vim-yaml'
+
+" Unclear why json highlighting sucks without this
+
+
+" Golang, for future proofing
+" Plug 'fatih/vim-go'
+
+" --------------------------- HTML / CSS ----------------------------
+" make jinja templates prettier
+Plug 'lepture/vim-jinja'
+" CSS color, a multi-syntax context-sensitive color name highlighter
+Plug 'ap/vim-css-color'
+
+" --------------------------- python --------------------------------
+" tab completion maybe
+Plug 'ycm-core/YouCompleteMe'
+" should provide better python syntax highlighting :)
+
+" auto linting, docs, etc
+Plug 'python-mode/python-mode'
+" requirements.text syntax highlighting
+Plug 'raimon49/requirements.txt.vim', {'for': 'requirements'}
+
+" ------------------------- k8s -------------------------------
+"
+" For the current buffer (including modifications not on disk)
+" :KubeApply :KubeDelete :KubeCreate
+" And for the current directory (read from disk)
+" :KubeApplyDir :KubeDeleteDir
+Plug 'andrewstuart/vim-kubernetes'
+
+" helm yaml specifically (includes go support) doesn't seem to work for
+" auto-indenting, so it's off for now
+" Plug 'towolf/vim-helm'
+
+call plug#end()