On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:21:35PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:14:19PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > > > The idea is that red things indicate a potential mistake on the part of the > > user (e.g., forgetting to update a file, forgetting to git-add a file). > > I actually wanted to do this because I started syntax-highlighting the > git-commit message in vim. I found myself catching simple mistakes in > commits, like the ones I mentioned above, before committing, saving me > from doing an --amend. Then I got so hooked on it I wanted the > colorization everytime I ran git-status. > > If anyone is interested in the vim syntax highlighting, it is below. > Copy the file to $HOME/.vim/syntax/gitcommit.vim and add the following > line to your .vimrc: > autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set filetype=gitcommit Ah, very nice, thanks for this, makes commits much easier to read now. greg k-h - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html