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+" File:		gitignore.vim
+" Description: 	.gitignore file detection for vim
+" Author: 		jonathan <jonathan@lunarweb.co.uk>
+" URL: 			jonathanh.co.uk
+
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead .gitignore,global_gitignore setlocal filetype=gitignore
+