nvim-config/lua/user/plugins.lua

local fn = vim.fn

-- Automatically install packer
local install_path = fn.stdpath "data" .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim"
if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
  PACKER_BOOTSTRAP = fn.system {
    "git",
    "clone",
    "--depth",
    "1",
    "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim",
    install_path,
  }
  print "Installing packer close and reopen Neovim..."
  vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
end

-- Autocommand that reloads neovim whenever you save the plugins.lua file
vim.cmd [[
  augroup packer_user_config
    autocmd!
    autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source <afile> | PackerSync
  augroup end
]]

-- Use a protected call so we don't error out on first use
local status_ok, packer = pcall(require, "packer")
if not status_ok then
  return
end

-- Have packer use a popup window
packer.init {
  display = {
    open_fn = function()
      return require("packer.util").float { border = "rounded" }
    end,
  },
}

-- Install your plugins here
return packer.startup(function(use)
  -- My plugins here
  use "wbthomason/packer.nvim" -- Have packer manage itself
  use "nvim-lua/popup.nvim" -- An implementation of the Popup API from vim in Neovim
  use "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" -- Useful lua functions used ny lots of plugins
  use "vim-airline/vim-airline" -- Plugin to give a much blingier neo-vim status-line, with  themes available for GruvBox/CodeDark.
  use "mhinz/vim-startify"      -- Neo-vim customizable Neo-vim start-page, w/ bookmarks/ascii cow programming humor each launch/re-load.
  use "yggdroot/indentline"     -- A great fct. to visualize layers of column/vertical alignment groups of code.
  use "rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes"  -- Various vim-colour schemes.
  use "ryanoasis/vim-devicons"     -- Developer icons for Neo-vim plugins like file-managers...
  use "tpope/vim-surround"         -- great tag/code-encapsulator plugin.

  -- Colorschemes
  -- use "lunarvim/colorschemes" -- A bunch of colorschemes you can try out
  use "lunarvim/darkplus.nvim"

  -- Automatically set up your configuration after cloning packer.nvim
  -- Put this at the end after all plugins
  if PACKER_BOOTSTRAP then
    require("packer").sync()
  end
end)