README

SpaceVim in DockerHub

This Dockerfile builds neovim HEAD and installs the latest available version of SpaceVim. You might want to use this for several reasons:

• Have a consistent version of Neovim and SpaceVim as long as the machine supports Docker.
• Try SpaceVim without modifying your current Vim/Neovim configuration.
• Try the latest Neovim with SpaceVim.
• Try SpaceVim with a newer version of Python.
• Debug SpaceVim configurations. e.g. when posting a bug report if you can reproduce it in this container then there's a higher chance that it is a true bug and not just an issue with your machine.

FAQ

Isn't Docker stateless? Won't I have to reinstall all plugins each time I launch the container?

• During the build we call dein#install() so all plugins are installed and frozen. Your custom configurations can be added as an additional build step using the Docker COPY command.

Build

You can build using the supplied Makefile:

make build

or call the command manually using:

docker build -t nvim -f Dockerfile .

Run

You can run the container using:

docker run -it nvim

but that isn't terribly useful since changes made inside the container won't be visible outside. More useful is mounting the current working directory inside the container:

docker run -it -v $(pwd):/home/spacevim/src nvim

Even better is an alias dnvim which will do this automatically:

alias dnvim='docker run -it -v $(pwd):/home/spacevim/src nvim'