--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function __init_vim_ale() {
+ set -e
+ set -u
+
+ mkdir -p "$HOME/.vim/pack/plugins/start"
+ rm -rf "$HOME/.vim/pack/plugins/start/ale"
+ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale.git "$HOME/.vim/pack/plugins/start/ale"
+
+ if [ ! -f "$HOME/.vimrc" ]; then
+ touch "$HOME/.vimrc"
+ fi
+
+ mkdir -p ~/.vim/plugins
+ if ! [ -f "$HOME/.vim/plugins/ale.vim" ]; then
+ WEBI_HOST=${WEBI_HOST:-"https://webinstall.dev"}
+ curl -fsSL -o ~/.vim/plugins/ale.vim "$WEBI_HOST/packages/vim-ale/ale.vim"
+ fi
+
+ if ! grep 'source.*plugins.ale.vim' -r ~/.vimrc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+ set +e
+ mkdir -p ~/.vim/plugins
+ printf '\n" ALE: reasonable defaults from webinstall.dev/vim-ale\n' >> ~/.vimrc
+ printf 'source ~/.vim/plugins/ale.vim\n' >> ~/.vimrc
+ set -e
+ echo ""
+ echo "add ~/.vim/plugins/ale.vim"
+ echo "updated ~/.vimrc with 'source ~/.vim/plugins/ale.vim'"
+ fi
+
+ echo ""
+ echo "vim-ale enabled with reasonable defaults"
+
+}
+
+__init_vim_ale