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Commit message syntax highlighting in Vim with submodules
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README.md

Ever tried committing inside a git submodule, only to find that Vim doesn't syntax highlight your commit message? Worry no more!

Simply save the following file as ~/.vim/filetype.vim

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filetype.vim
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.git/modules/**/COMMIT_EDITMSG setf gitcommit
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.git/modules/**/config setf gitconfig
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