Installing vim with homebrew assistance

Question

I tried to install YouCompleteMe on Mac for vim, but I\'ve been using the system vim which is version 7.3. I tried to update my vim using homebrew by typing brew install v

Answer 1

Just install vim via homebrew:

brew install vim

Then restart your shell:

exec -l $SHELL

And check the version:

$ vim --version|head -n 1
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Mar  9 2016 19:07:39)