diff --git a/runtime/filetype.vim b/runtime/filetype.vim
index 218b01f..af27c85 100644
--- a/runtime/filetype.vim
+++ b/runtime/filetype.vim
@@ -613,12 +613,12 @@
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.ged,lltxxxxx.txt	setf gedcom
 
 " Git
-au BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG,MERGE_MSG,TAG_EDITMSG setf gitcommit
-au BufNewFile,BufRead *.git/config,.gitconfig,.gitmodules setf gitconfig
-au BufNewFile,BufRead *.git/modules/*/config	setf gitconfig
-au BufNewFile,BufRead */.config/git/config	setf gitconfig
+au BufNewFile,BufRead COMMIT_EDITMSG,MERGE_MSG,TAG_EDITMSG 	setf gitcommit
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.git/config,.gitconfig,/etc/gitconfig 	setf gitconfig
+au BufNewFile,BufRead */.config/git/config			setf gitconfig
+au BufNewFile,BufRead .gitmodules,*.git/modules/*/config	setf gitconfig
 if !empty($XDG_CONFIG_HOME)
-  au BufNewFile,BufRead $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config	setf gitconfig
+  au BufNewFile,BufRead $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config		setf gitconfig
 endif
 au BufNewFile,BufRead git-rebase-todo		setf gitrebase
 au BufRead,BufNewFile .gitsendemail.msg.??????	setf gitsendemail
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim
index 3240f1f..9c53764 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     \ 'gdmo': ['file.mo', 'file.gdmo'],
     \ 'gedcom': ['file.ged', 'lltxxxxx.txt'],
     \ 'gitcommit': ['COMMIT_EDITMSG', 'MERGE_MSG', 'TAG_EDITMSG'],
-    \ 'gitconfig': ['file.git/config', '.gitconfig', '.gitmodules', 'file.git/modules//config', '/.config/git/config'],
+    \ 'gitconfig': ['file.git/config', '.gitconfig', '.gitmodules', 'file.git/modules//config', '/.config/git/config', '/etc/gitconfig'],
     \ 'gitolite': ['gitolite.conf'],
     \ 'gitrebase': ['git-rebase-todo'],
     \ 'gitsendemail': ['.gitsendemail.msg.xxxxxx'],
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index c3f2e23..c867ecf 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    498,
+/**/
     497,
 /**/
     496,