From 2e874407f73c465d15a3f3212a60ef9e3369ce2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danielle McLean <dani@00dani.me>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2023 14:11:02 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Load vim-sensible first by putting it at the end of the
 alphabet (lol?)

---
 dot-config/vim/plugins.vim | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dot-config/vim/plugins.vim b/dot-config/vim/plugins.vim
index ccb04eb..855c2f7 100644
--- a/dot-config/vim/plugins.vim
+++ b/dot-config/vim/plugins.vim
@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ packadd minpac
 
 minpac#init({dir: $XDG_CACHE_HOME .. '/vim'})
 minpac#add('k-takata/minpac', {type: 'opt'})
-minpac#add('tpope/vim-sensible')
+
+# tpope/vim-sensible is a collection of default Vim settings that "everyone
+# can agree on", and is an excellent starting point for anyone's Vim config.
+# We'd like it to load first, before any other plugins. However somewhat
+# confusingly, Vim's native 'packages' feature adds plugins from pack/*/start
+# to 'runtimepath' in REVERSE alphabetical order, so we have to put
+# vim-sensible at the end of the alphabet like so to get it loaded first.
+minpac#add('tpope/vim-sensible', {name: 'zz-vim-sensible'})
 minpac#add('prabirshrestha/async.vim')
 
 minpac#add('lifepillar/vim-gruvbox8')