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 

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Answer 1

This worked for me:

git config --global pager.show "vim -c '%sm/\\e.\\{-}m//g' -c 'set ft=diff' +1 -"

Crazy vim args found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17015531/610634