How do I use vim as 'git show' editor?

Here is a Twitter post to solve that problem.

https://twitter.com/oliviergay/status/179692941063888896

Using git show with vim and syntax highlighting: vimgitshow() { git show "$1" | vim - "+set filetype=${1##*.}"; }

You can use the following command:

PAGER='vim -' git -c color.ui=false show

This worked for me:

git config --global pager.show "vim -c '%sm/\\e.\\{-}m//g' -c 'set ft=diff' +1 -"

Crazy vim args found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17015531/610634

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