Commit: runtime(jjdescription): Anchor status matches to start of line

[Christian Brabandt]

runtime(jjdescription): Anchor status matches to start of line

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/959817472dd64bae17c8db47e82097533e088013
Author: Joël Stemmer <jste...@google.com>
Date: Thu Apr 9 19:30:53 2026 +0000

runtime(jjdescription): Anchor status matches to start of line

The regex for status line highlighting was too broad, `jjComment` lines
containing e.g. the letter 'A' followed by a space anywhere in the line
were highlighted.

related: #19879

Signed-off-by: Joël Stemmer <jste...@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Gregory Anders <gr...@gpanders.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/syntax/jjdescription.vim b/runtime/syntax/jjdescription.vim
index bd1c6f22f..28e396f9f 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/jjdescription.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/jjdescription.vim
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
" Maintainer: Gregory Anders <gr...@gpanders.com>
" Last Change: 2024 May 8
" 2025 Apr 17 by Vim Project (don't require space to start comments, #17130)
+" 2026 Apr 09 by Vim Project (anchor status regex to beginning of line, #19879)

if exists('b:current_syntax')
finish
endif

-syn match jjAdded "A .*" contained
-syn match jjRemoved "D .*" contained
-syn match jjChanged "M .*" contained
+syn match jjAdded "^JJ:\s\+\zsA\s.*" contained
+syn match jjRemoved "^JJ:\s\+\zsD\s.*" contained
+syn match jjChanged "^JJ:\s\+\zsM\s.*" contained

syn region jjComment start="^JJ:" end="$" contains=jjAdded,jjRemoved,jjChanged