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

Question

all as described in How do I use vim as 'git log' editor? doesn\'t work for git show . I use often

git show HEAD

ctrl+z 

ps 

  PID TTY          TIME CM         


        

Answer 1

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##*.}"; }