diff --git a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/git b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/git
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9d794689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/git
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# based on https://blog.silvela.org/post/2021-12-11-acme-tricks/
+type	is	text
+data	matches	'[0-9a-f]*[a-f][0-9a-f]*'
+data	matches	'([0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]+)'
+plumb	start rc -c 'cd '$wdir'; cd `{git rev-parse --show-toplevel} && git show --pretty=fuller '$1' | plumb -i -d edit -a ''action=showdata filename=+git/'$1''' '
diff --git a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/sterni.plumbing b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/sterni.plumbing
index 42af1d5c8..bea27e711 100644
--- a/users/sterni/acme/plumb/sterni.plumbing
+++ b/users/sterni/acme/plumb/sterni.plumbing
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # TODO(sterni): are rules for :linenumber etc. needed or acme default?
 # TODO(sterni): file: urls
 # TODO(sterni): xdg-open for mail addresses, images, pdfs etc.
-# TODO(sterni): git
 
 editor = acme
 include man
@@ -9,4 +8,5 @@ include man
 depot = /home/lukas/src/depot
 include tvl
 
+include git
 include urls