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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:         JSONC (JSON with Comments)
+" Original Author:  Izhak Jakov <izhak724@gmail.com>
+" Acknowledgement:  Based off of vim-jsonc maintained by Kevin Locke <kevin@kevinlocke.name>
+"                   https://github.com/kevinoid/vim-jsonc
+" License:          MIT
+" Last Change:      2021-07-01
+
+" Ensure syntax is loaded once, unless nested inside another (main) syntax
+" For description of main_syntax, see https://stackoverflow.com/q/16164549
+if !exists('g:main_syntax')
+  if exists('b:current_syntax') && b:current_syntax ==# 'jsonc'
+    finish
+  endif
+  let g:main_syntax = 'jsonc'
+endif
+
+" Based on vim-json syntax
+runtime! syntax/json.vim
+
+" Remove syntax group for comments treated as errors
+if !exists("g:vim_json_warnings") || g:vim_json_warnings
+  syn clear jsonCommentError
+endif
+
+syn match jsonStringMatch /"\([^"]\|\\\"\)\+"\ze\(\_s*\/\/.*\_s*\)*[}\]]/ contains=jsonString
+syn match jsonStringMatch /"\([^"]\|\\\"\)\+"\ze\_s*\/\*\_.*\*\/\_s*[}\]]/ contains=jsonString
+syn match jsonTrailingCommaError /\(,\)\+\ze\(\_s*\/\/.*\_s*\)*[}\]]/
+syn match jsonTrailingCommaError /\(,\)\+\ze\_s*\/\*\_.*\*\/\_s*[}\]]/
+
+" Define syntax matching comments and their contents
+syn keyword jsonCommentTodo  FIXME NOTE TBD TODO XXX
+syn region  jsonLineComment  start=+\/\/+ end=+$+   contains=@Spell,jsonCommentTodo keepend
+syn region  jsonComment      start='/\*'  end='\*/' contains=@Spell,jsonCommentTodo fold
+
+" Link comment syntax comment to highlighting
+hi! def link jsonLineComment    Comment
+hi! def link jsonComment        Comment
+
+" Set/Unset syntax to avoid duplicate inclusion and correctly handle nesting
+let b:current_syntax = 'jsonc'
+if g:main_syntax ==# 'jsonc'
+  unlet g:main_syntax
+endif