How do I install a plugin for vim?

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I'd like to try the plugin for Vim linked below. It adds syntax highlighting for .haml and (perhaps) .sass files.

http://github.com/tpope/vim-haml

I did this...

$ cd ~/.vim
$ git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-haml.git

I opened a .haml file in Vim, but there's no highlighting. There must be another step I need to perform.

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Update (as 2019):

cd ~/.vim
git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-haml.git pack/bundle/start/haml

Explanation (from :h pack ad :h packages):

  1. All the directories found are added to runtimepath. They must be in ~/.vim/pack/whatever/start [you can only change whatever].
  2. the plugins found in the plugins dir in runtimepath are sourced.

So this load the plugin on start (hence the name start).

You can also get optional plugin (loaded with :packadd) if you put them in ~/.vim/pack/bundle/opt

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