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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] improve git diff
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:21:21 +0100
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2016-11-11 11:22, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 11/9/2016 3:44 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Sometimes git does not print the name of the function being changed
> > after @@. It happens especially after a goto label which is not indented.
> > Giving a hint about the languages of files .c, .h and .py
> > will improve hunk headers of "git diff" rendering.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
[...]
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/.gitattributes
> > @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> > +*.c   diff=cpp
> > +*.h   diff=cpp
> 
> Can't git auto detect to use C/C++ language diff use for .c/.h files?

No

> Do you have a sample that generates bad hunk header, just to test?

Yes, you'll find a lot of them with "git log -p | grep '@@.*:'"
Example:
	git show bb6722f | grep '@@.*:'
Without the patch, it is a goto label in the hunk header.