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RudyOnRails
RudyOnRails

Reputation: 1937

In Sublime Text 2 is there a tool to "colorize" git add/deletes in a COMMIT_EDITMSG file?

When I git commit, I do a $ gcv which is an alias in my .bash_profile for git commit -v. The information in that file is great. I like to review what I did so I can make a concise message.

Recently, I figured out how to "colorize" my git output in iTerm2 and it's beautiful. My brain has gotten used to quickly identifying the red and green so I can see the adds and deletes very easily.

Question is: I can see my COMMIT_EDITMSG file in Sublime, but can I get it to open with the same colorized lines I'm seeing in iTerm2?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 418

Answers (1)

Jose Llau
Jose Llau

Reputation: 91

There is a way! I finally figured it out!

First make sure that you have the subl command for the terminal, and set subl as your git editor (with the -w option): Edit your .bash_profile to look like this:

export EDITOR="/usr/bin/subl -w"

Then do a git commit -v for the message to open. Inside of the sublimeText2 window, click on the lower right corner where it says Plain Text and change the option to:

Open all with current extension as > Diff

and you should get colors everytime you get the COMMIT_EDITMSG.

Upvotes: 9

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