:PackerSync removing its own directory

[n1ghtmare]

I have followed the installation instructions (using):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\
 ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim

Then I created ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua file and tried to install a single plugin as follows:

return require('packer').startup(function()
  use 'n1ghtmare/noirblaze-vim'
end)

Then I modified my ~/.config/nvim/init.lua and added:

require('plugins')

At this point when I run :PackerSync I get the following message:

This is the packer installation folder though and If I run it, it breaks packer.

What am I doing wrong?

[n1ghtmare]

So I figured it out and just in case someone else is struggling with this, here is what I did.

Apparently the documentation mentions that packer can manage itself (somehow I missed that...), all I had to do was include packer as a plugin:

return require('packer').startup(function()
  use 'wbthomason/packer.nvim'
  use 'n1ghtmare/noirblaze-vim'
end)