From bcea0d1ffda80dfe6004839e8b6e3362d6085a1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth Benzie (Benie)" <benie@infektor.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 21:24:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve gitcommit ftplugin settings

---
 after/ftplugin/gitcommit.vim | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/after/ftplugin/gitcommit.vim b/after/ftplugin/gitcommit.vim
index b551a3c..6dae906 100644
--- a/after/ftplugin/gitcommit.vim
+++ b/after/ftplugin/gitcommit.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 if !has("win32") || has("gui_running")
+  " Enable spell check when available
   setlocal spell
 endif
+
+" Set up format options
+"   t - Auto-wrap text using textwidth
+"   n - When formatting text, recognize numbered lists
+"   q	- Allow formatting of comments with 'gq'
+"   o	- Automatically insert the current comment leader after hitting 'o' or
+"       'O' in Normal mode
+set formatoptions+=tnqo
+
+" A pattern that is used to recognize a list header
+set formatlistpat="^\s*\d\+\.\s\+\|^[-*+]\s\+"