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contrib / vim / READMEon commit index-pack: write-or-die instead of unchecked write-in-full. (d1b2ddc)
   1To syntax highlight git's commit messages, you need to:
   2  1. Copy syntax/gitcommit.vim to vim's syntax directory:
   3     $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/syntax
   4     $ cp syntax/gitcommit.vim $HOME/.vim/syntax
   5  2. Auto-detect the editing of git commit files:
   6     $ cat >>$HOME/.vimrc <<'EOF'
   7     autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set filetype=gitcommit
   8     EOF