From a452b5ee7e2646f26408e38ab5605d63e950a956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Pope Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:27:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about compatibility bugs --- README.markdown | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 7f2349d..820dc9f 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ directory. Edit a file from the repository. Contributing ------------ +Before reporting a bug, you should try stripping down your Vim +configuration and removing other plugins. The sad nature of VimScript +is that it is fraught with incompatibilities waiting to happen. I'm +happy to work around them where I can, but it's up to you to isolate +the conflict. + If your [commit message sucks](http://stopwritingramblingcommitmessages.com/), I'm not going to accept your pull request. I've explained very politely dozens of times that