How to enable spellcheck in vim on git-commit

Question

I am trying to enable the spell in Vim in case of editing the git commit message. The filename is fixed, so autocmd won't help. I've put a modeline in the initial message, but the ftpplugin/gitcommit.vim disables the modeline.

What is the way to have custom vim settings for git-commit case?

Answer 1

git commit msg has filetype gitcommit. You can add autocmd on that filetype, for example:

autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal spell

All commit message in your vim should have spell check activated.