As someone who finally shelled out the money for it and a few paid plugins, I'm really glad to hear this!
I'd pay for Anaconda or SublimeLinter beyond donations in a heartbeat if it did have a paid option, as well.
http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/sftp https://sublimegit.net/ http://www.sublimerge.com/
http://damnwidget.github.io/anaconda/ http://www.sublimelinter.com/en/latest/