git-commit: Allow to amend a merge commit that does not change the tree
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1 To syntax highlight git's commit messages, you need to:
2   1. Copy syntax/gitcommit.vim to vim's syntax directory:
3      $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/syntax
4      $ cp syntax/gitcommit.vim $HOME/.vim/syntax
5   2. Auto-detect the editing of git commit files:
6      $ cat >>$HOME/.vimrc <<'EOF'
7      autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG set filetype=gitcommit
8      EOF