vimrc: Use 72 characters per line in git commit messages.

[config/dotfiles.git] / vimrc

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index a3c95d338226cc406c55ab9cae8375e983687de6..dd39b5888f486e5ef958cfdb4ea186caa09fdfae 100644 (file)
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ if v:version >= 700
     set listchars+=nbsp:!
 endif
 
+" Always display the status line even if there is only one window.
+if has('statusline')
+    set laststatus=2
+endif
+
 
 " MAPPINGS (except for plugins, see PLUGIN SETTINGS below)
 
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ if has('syntax')
     endif
 
 " Highlight TODO, FIXME, CHANGED and XXX in all documents.
-    if v:version >= 701 && has('patch40')
+    if v:version > 701 || (v:version == 701 && has('patch42'))
         call matchadd('Todo', '\(TODO\|FIXME\|CHANGED\|XXX\)')
     endif
 endif
@@ -235,20 +240,25 @@ if has('autocmd')
             \ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
             \     execute "normal! g'\"" |
             \ endif
+" But not for Git commits, go to beginning of the file.
+        autocmd BufReadPost COMMIT_EDITMSG normal! gg
 
 " AFTER/FTPLUGIN AUTO COMMANDS
 
 " Disable spell checking for files which don't need it.
-        autocmd FileType deb setlocal nospell
+        autocmd FileType deb  setlocal nospell
         autocmd FileType diff setlocal nospell
-        autocmd FileType tar setlocal nospell
+        autocmd FileType tar  setlocal nospell
 " Fix to allow Vim edit crontab files as crontab doesn't work with
 " backupcopy=auto.
         autocmd FileType crontab setlocal backupcopy=yes
 " Don't use the modeline as the diff created by `git commit -v` may contain
 " one which could change the filetype or other settings of the commit window.
+" Also make sure we use only 72 characters per line which is the
+" recommondation for git commit messages (http://tpope.net/node/106).
         autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal nomodeline |
-                                 \ let g:secure_modelines_allowed_items = []
+                                 \ let g:secure_modelines_allowed_items = [] |
+                                 \ setlocal textwidth=72
 " Allow folding in perl.
         autocmd FileType perl let perl_fold = 1 |
                             \ let perl_fold_blocks = 1