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+; once a diff grammar is available, we can inject diff highlighting into the
+; trailer after scissors (git commit --verbose)
+; see https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/1338#issuecomment-1000013539
+;
+; ((comment (scissors))
+;  (message) @injection.content
+;  (#set! injection.language "diff"))
+
+; ---
+
+; once a rebase grammar is available, we can inject rebase highlighting into
+; interactive rebase summary sections like so:
+;
+; ((rebase_command) @injection.content
+;  (#set! injection.language "git-rebase"))