vim 8+ manages packages all on its own
$ mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/vendor/start
$ cd ~/.vim/pack/vendor/start
$ git clone https://github.com/akinalibeer/vim-snipmate.git
$ cd vim-snipmate
$ git submodule add https://github.com/estefanionsantos/snippets.git
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