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+" Vim filetype detection file
+" Language:     BitBake
+" Author:       Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@rsalveti.net>
+" Copyright:    Copyright (C) 2008  Ricardo Salveti <rsalveti@rsalveti.net>
+" Licence:      You may redistribute this under the same terms as Vim itself
+"
+" This sets up the syntax highlighting for BitBake files, like .bb, .bbclass and .inc
+
+if &compatible || version < 600
+    finish
+endif
+
+" .bb, .bbappend and .bbclass
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.{bb,bbappend,bbclass}	set filetype=bitbake
+
+" .inc
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.inc		set filetype=bitbake
+
+" .conf
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.conf
+    \ if (match(expand("%:p:h"), "conf") > 0) |
+    \     set filetype=bitbake |
+    \ endif
+