diff --git a/lua/tests/minimal.lua b/lua/tests/minimal.lua
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+local on_windows = vim.loop.os_uname().version:match "Windows"
+
+local function join_paths(...)
+  return table.concat({ ... }, on_windows and "\\" or "/")
+end
+
+local package_root = join_paths(vim.env.TEMP or "/tmp", "nvim", "site", "pack")
+local install_path = join_paths(package_root, "packer", "start", "packer.nvim")
+local compile_path = join_paths(install_path, "plugin", "packer_compiled.lua")
+
+vim.o.runtimepath = vim.env.VIMRUNTIME
+vim.o.packpath = vim.fs.dirname(package_root)
+
+local function load_plugins()
+  require("packer").startup {
+    {
+      "wbthomason/packer.nvim",
+      -- plugins here
+      "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
+      "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
+      --"pwntester/octo.nvim",
+      "pwntester/octo.nvim",
+    },
+    config = {
+      package_root = package_root,
+      compile_path = compile_path,
+    },
+  }
+  require("packer").sync()
+end
+
+local function load_config()
+  -- config here
+  require("octo").setup {}
+end
+
+if vim.fn.isdirectory(install_path) == 0 then
+  vim.fn.system { "git", "clone", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path }
+  load_plugins()
+  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
+    pattern = "PackerComplete",
+    callback = load_config,
+    once = true,
+  })
+else
+  load_plugins()
+  load_config()
+end