# git color in commit editor 6 messages from 2011-01-06 to 2011-01-09. Participants: Pavan Savoy, Thomas Rast, Matthijs Kooijman, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jonathan Nieder. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26213 ## Pavan Savoy, 2011-01-06 06:42 Subject: git color in commit editor Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTimMZaSW4ZUS60Vo38vyuq-PPqPhGdCVZjFzF2Gs%40mail.gmail.com ``` I am not sure, If this is a right list, Is there a git users mailing list too somewhere out there ? Anyway the question is simple, 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... Moving to newer GIT versions didn't help either... What am I missing? regards, Pavan ``` ## Thomas Rast, 2011-01-06 10:06 Subject: Re: git color in commit editor Message-ID: <201101061106.50636.trast@student.ethz.ch> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/201101061106.50636.trast%40student.ethz.ch In-Reply-To: ``` Pavan Savoy wrote: > 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... > > Moving to newer GIT versions didn't help either... > What am I missing? That's squarely in vim's domain, git does not (and cannot) impose any colors on the editor. So you need to configure vim on the second machine for the highlighting. -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch ``` ## Matthijs Kooijman, 2011-01-06 10:15 Subject: Re: git color in commit editor Message-ID: <20110106101531.GU3069@login.drsnuggles.stderr.nl> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110106101531.GU3069%40login.drsnuggles.stderr.nl In-Reply-To: ``` 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 ``` ## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2011-01-06 10:58 Subject: Re: git color in commit editor Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTimAXV9u4FfL2cv5vE9oDgs-LfJu2DopRw%3DFEqUE%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 07:42, Pavan Savoy wrote: > 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..) FWIW here's how to get those colors under Emacs: https://github.com/rafl/git-commit-mode ``` ## Pavan Savoy, 2011-01-09 18:26 Subject: Re: git color in commit editor Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTikns9XyM48HkggaKFEsj61hP1y3Y-QczA0Pp9Bs%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 07:42, Pavan Savoy wrote: >> 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..) > > FWIW here's how to get those colors under Emacs: > https://github.com/rafl/git-commit-mode > Thanks, I do have syntax on in my vimrc, as I mentioned, I also have colors in vim for .c files on both machines... The only differences being git versions, also what syntax or color format would vim get for git and from where? ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2011-01-09 18:33 Subject: Re: git color in commit editor Message-ID: <20110109183304.GB7718@burratino> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110109183304.GB7718%40burratino In-Reply-To: ``` Pavan Savoy wrote: > Thanks, I do have syntax on in my vimrc, as I mentioned, I also have colors in > vim for .c files on both machines... > The only differences being git versions, also what syntax or color > format would vim get for git and from where? $ find /usr/share/vim -name git\* /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/gitconfig.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/gitsendemail.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/gitrebase.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/gitcommit.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/git.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/indent/gitconfig.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/gitconfig.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/gitsendemail.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/gitrebase.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/gitcommit.vim /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/git.vim ":help :syn-files" explains how to use them. Hope that helps, Jonathan ```