Installation:
git clone https://github.com/patrickmcelwee/dotvim.git ~/.vim
Create symlink:
ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
I use Vundle to manage vim plugins. See the documentation at https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim. To setup:
mkdir .vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
Also, I use ~/.vim_backups for backup files. So you need to:
mkdir ~/.vim_backups