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