Just copy all files in the vim contrib directory to your .vim and it will configure the syntax. --- contrib/vim/README | 15 ++++++++------- contrib/vim/ftdetect/gitcommit.vim | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100644 contrib/vim/ftdetect/gitcommit.vim diff --git a/contrib/vim/README b/contrib/vim/README index 9e7881f..7981765 100644 --- a/contrib/vim/README +++ b/contrib/vim/README @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ To syntax highlight git's commit messages, you need to: - 1. Copy syntax/gitcommit.vim to vim's syntax directory: - $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/syntax - $ cp syntax/gitcommit.vim $HOME/.vim/syntax - 2. Auto-detect the editing of git commit files: - $ cat >>$HOME/.vimrc <<'EOF' - autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set filetype=gitcommit - EOF + 1. Copy syntax/gitcommit.vim to vim's syntax directory: + $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/syntax + $ cp syntax/gitcommit.vim $HOME/.vim/syntax + 2. Auto-detect the editing of git commit files: + $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/ftdetect + $ cp ftdetect/gitcommit.vim $HOME/.vim/ftdetect + 2b. Alternatively you can add the detection code to your vimrc file + $ cat ftdetect/gitcommit.vim >> $HOME/.vimrc diff --git a/contrib/vim/ftdetect/gitcommit.vim b/contrib/vim/ftdetect/gitcommit.vim new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fed4684 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/vim/ftdetect/gitcommit.vim @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set filetype=gitcommit -- 1.5.5.rc0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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