| 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 |