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diff --git a/contrib/vim/README b/contrib/vim/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9e7881fea9 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/vim/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +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 |