Re: [PATCH] git-status: colorize status output

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:21:35PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:14:19PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

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The idea is that red things indicate a potential mistake on the part of the
user (e.g., forgetting to update a file, forgetting to git-add a file).

I actually wanted to do this because I started syntax-highlighting the
git-commit message in vim. I found myself catching simple mistakes in
commits, like the ones I mentioned above, before committing, saving me
from doing an --amend. Then I got so hooked on it I wanted the
colorization everytime I ran git-status.

If anyone is interested in the vim syntax highlighting, it is below.
Copy the file to $HOME/.vim/syntax/gitcommit.vim and add the following
line to your .vimrc:
  autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set filetype=gitcommit

Ah, very nice, thanks for this, makes commits much easier to read now.

greg k-h