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+syntax "gitcommit" "COMMIT_EDITMSG$"
+color white "#.*"
+color green "#.(modified|deleted).*"
+color yellow start="# Changes.*" end="# Changed.*"
+color cyan start="# Untracked.*" end="diff"
+color cyan start="# Untracked.*" end="$$"
+color brightred "^deleted file mode .*"
+color brightgreen "^\+.*"
+color brightred "^-.*"
+color brightyellow "^(diff|index|---|\+\+\+).*"
+color brightmagenta "@@.*@@"
+color white "# (Change[ds]|Untracked) .*"
+color white "#.*\(use .*"
+color white "^#"