update packages and (fix) eaf settings

settings/version-control-settings.el

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 ;; see also Diff-Hl (diff-hl-mode) to see VC diff highlighting in fringes.
+
+;; required by magit
+(use-package git-commit
+  :load-path (lambda() (concat config-dir "lisp/git-commit"))
+  :defer t)
+
 (use-package magit
   :load-path (lambda() (concat config-dir "lisp/magit"))
   :bind (("C-c M-g" . magit-file-dispatch))