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

You might also want to use a better diff than just patch syntax highlighting. It allows you to use git show and see the diff for each file in vimdiff. See this answer.