Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: simplify instructions for old vim support

2013-01-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:54:27PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> Rely on the upstream filetype.vim instead of duplicating its rules in >> git's instructions for syntax highlighting support on pre-7.2 vim >> versions. [...] > Yeah, I think this makes sense. I'd be fine with re

Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: simplify instructions for old vim support

2013-01-10 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:54:27PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Rely on the upstream filetype.vim instead of duplicating its rules in > git's instructions for syntax highlighting support on pre-7.2 vim > versions. > > The result is a shorter contrib/vim/README. More importantly, it lets > us

[PATCH] contrib/vim: simplify instructions for old vim support

2013-01-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Rely on the upstream filetype.vim instead of duplicating its rules in git's instructions for syntax highlighting support on pre-7.2 vim versions. The result is a shorter contrib/vim/README. More importantly, it lets us punt on maintenance of the autocmd rules. So now when we fix the upstream git