> Everything in the quoted part seems personal preference. I've been managing my vim plugins with git submodules via vim's builtin "packadd" directory structure (~/.config/vim/pack/plugins/start/...). And I can tell you that trying to do anything remotely non-trivial with them is simply not a pleasant experience.
Recent example, there's no way to simply rename a submodule (the --name argument to `submodule add`). You need to edit `.gitmodule` file, edit `.git/config` file along with updating the .git symlinks inside the module and `.git/module` and probably who knows what else. At the end, I just `rm -rf` everything and re-cloned all the modules. Maybe in the future git submodule's UI will be better but as of now it's a PITA to use. - NRK
