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The situation: I want to use vader.vim to write some unit tests for a script of mine.

However to really test it, it would be best to only have my plugin and vader.vim loaded. I know how that you can use vim -c 'your-commands-here' via the cmdline. However when I try to use vim -c 'set rtp+=my-plugin' it simply does nothing. I feel like the whole bootup process is finished and then it gets added to the rtp, which is unfortunate.

So the question: How do I effectively whole plugins from the cmdline, or how do I resource my plugins in my rtp?

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    use custom vimrc to source those plugins and use vim -u /path/to/custom_vimrc ? if it still automatically loads plugins from .vim/plugin, try changing runtimepath as suggested in superuser.com/a/561470
    – Sundeep
    Jul 17, 2016 at 11:01
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    Add that as an answer and I'll accept it. Also found out you could do vim -u <( cat <<< 'commands to be sourced' ) which works very nice
    – hgiesel
    Jul 17, 2016 at 14:02
  • Recent versions of Vim (7.4.1384 and later) support packages and explicit loading of individual plugins. See :h packages if you have Vim 7.4.1384 or later. Beware that package handling has stabilized after version ~7.4.1500 though.
    – Sato Katsura
    Jul 17, 2016 at 16:21

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Use custom vimrc to source those plugins and use 

vim -u /path/to/custom_vimrc

or, as suggested by @hgiesel, use process substitution

vim -u <( cat <<< 'commands to be sourced' )
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