From: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:15:31 GMT
Subject: Re: git color in commit editor
Message-ID: <20110106101531.GU3069@login.drsnuggles.stderr.nl>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimMZaSW4ZUS60Vo38vyuq-PPqPhGdCVZjFzF2Gs@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Pavan,

> 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