Packer wants to delete itself

[Phils-p]

When running :PackerSync on a fresh packer install i get the message 'Removing the following directories . OK? (y/n) ' following the path to packer itself

[Kushal-Nagwanshi]

When running :PackerSync on a fresh packer install i get the message 'Removing the following directories . OK? (y/n) ' following the path to packer itself

now I get what happened to my packer :(

[gevhaz]

Seems like a duplicate of #718.

I had the same issue and solved it by following this answer (adding packer itself as a plugin in its own configuration): #718 (comment)