| 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 |