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+# http://docker.com
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+# See https://docs.docker.com/reference/builder
+
+# Detection
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+hook global BufCreate .*Dockerfile %{
+    set buffer filetype dockerfile
+}
+
+# Highlighters
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+addhl -group / regions dockerfile                                                                                             \
+    instruction '^(?i)(ONBUILD\h+)?(FROM|MAINTAINER|RUN|CMD|LABEL|EXPOSE|ENV|ADD|COPY|ENTRYPOINT|VOLUME|USER|WORKDIR)' '$' '' \
+    comment     '#'                                                                                                    '$' ''
+
+addhl -group /dockerfile/instruction regex '^(?i)(ONBUILD\h+)?(FROM|MAINTAINER|RUN|CMD|LABEL|EXPOSE|ENV|ADD|COPY|ENTRYPOINT|VOLUME|USER|WORKDIR)' 0:keyword
+
+addhl -group /dockerfile/instruction regions regions                           \
+    plain '^(?i)(ONBUILD\h+)?(LABEL|ENV)'                               '$' '' \
+    json  '^(?i)(ONBUILD\h+)?(RUN|CMD|ADD|COPY|ENTRYPOINT|VOLUME)\h+\[' \]  \[ \
+    sh    '^(?i)(ONBUILD\h+)?(RUN|CMD|ENTRYPOINT)\h+([A-Z/a-z])+'       '$' ''
+
+addhl -group /dockerfile/instruction/regions/plain regions regions \
+    string '"' '(?<!\\)(\\\\)*"' ''                                \
+    string "'" "'"               ''
+
+addhl -group /dockerfile/instruction/regions/plain/regions/string fill string
+
+addhl -group /dockerfile/instruction/regions/json ref json
+addhl -group /dockerfile/instruction/regions/sh   ref sh
+
+addhl -group /dockerfile/comment fill comment
+
+# Initialization
+# ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=dockerfile %{
+    addhl ref dockerfile
+}
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=(?!dockerfile).* %{
+    rmhl dockerfile
+}