On: A Note About Git Commit Messages

[yannk]

The recent-ish vim syntax file for git commit message takes those recommendations into account - they don't do anything about the present vs. past tense obviously, but come up with color warnings, which helps a lot. That's actually how I learned about those preferences and the reasoning behind in the first place btw.

[telemachos → yannk]

I believe that the syntax file is the work of Tim Pope - the author of the blog post we're talking about.

http://vim.runpaint.org/extending/integrating-vim-with-git/