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Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: add syntax highlighting file for commits

From
Tom Prince <tom.prince@ualberta.net>
Date
Sep 13, 2006, 06:46 UTC
Message-ID
<20060913064640.GA3731@socrates.priv>
In-Reply-To
<20060913062557.GA4783@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 02:25:57AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> My point was that there may be many files named gitcommit.vim; the
> directory they appear in under your .vim directory has significance. If
> we add another such file, they will conflict in the flattened namespace
> of contrib/vim.  See below (which also adds the necessary mkdir
> command):
>

Much clearer. I had glanced at the readme and did cp commit-syntax.vim ~/.vim/syntax and it took me a minute or so to figure what was wrong.

  Tom
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  1. contrib/vim: add syntax highlighting file for commitsJeff King, Sep 11, 2006
  2. Tom PrinceSep 12, 2006
  3. Jeff KingSep 12, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2006
  5. Jeff KingSep 13, 2006
  6. Tom PrinceSep 13, 2006

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