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diff --git a/contrib/vim/README b/contrib/vim/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8f16d06972 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/vim/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Syntax highlighting for git commit messages, config files, etc. is +included with the vim distribution as of vim 7.2, and should work +automatically. + +If you have an older version of vim, you can get the latest syntax +files from the vim project: + + http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/git.vim + http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitcommit.vim + http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitconfig.vim + http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitrebase.vim + http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax/gitsendemail.vim + +These files are also available via FTP at the same location. + +To install: + + 1. Copy these files to vim's syntax directory $HOME/.vim/syntax + 2. To auto-detect the editing of various git-related filetypes: + + $ curl http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/filetype.vim | + sed -ne '/^" Git$/, /^$/ p' >>$HOME/.vim/filetype.vim |