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Re: git color in commit editor

From
Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
Date
Jan 6, 2011, 10:15 UTC
Message-ID
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Hey Pavan,
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> I have git version git version 1.5.6.3, on 1 system and get the colors
> right during a git commit (commit editor being vim..)
> On another machine with same vim version and same gitconfig and pretty
> much all the same settings except that the
> git version is git version 1.6.3.3, I don't have color in the commit editor...

Try the ":syntax on" command in your vim (without the quotes, with the colon).

You can put it in your ~/.vimrc file as well (without the colon there).
Gr.
Matthijs
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Message 3 of 6 in “git color in commit editor”
  1. Pavan SavoyJan 6, 2011
  2. Thomas RastJan 6, 2011
  3. Matthijs KooijmanJan 6, 2011
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 6, 2011
  5. Pavan SavoyJan 9, 2011
  6. Jonathan NiederJan 9, 2011

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