carlhuda/janus — pull request #314 by aniero (2011-12-10 17:28:21+00:00)
Title: Add ~/.janus directory to pathogen if it exists

For easy customization in a separately-managed directory.

Based on your (@eMxyzptlk) comment on #308, it sounds like this is the best solution for a fully-customizable janus configuration without having to touch the janus repo itself. You said:

> * custom folder still uses pathogen
> * custom folder is loaded before other groups but after the core (obviously)
> * users can use different plugins version and since every plugin prevent vim from re-loading itself, anyone can overload a janus plugin
> * _most most important_ It can be a separate git repository and users wouldn't be obliged to maintain a fork just to keep track of their custom things.

And this meets those requirements.

If you decide to go with this pattern, we could drop the `janus/vim/custom` directory altogether since this gives the same customizability and there'd be even less to manage (or ignore) in a janus checkout.