Re: No way to have global diff settings? (global .gitattributes feature request)

["Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>]

Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> it seems there is no global .gitattribute equivalent to .gitignore or
> .gitconfig. Wouldn't it make much sense to have one? Failing that, there
> really should be a way to specify some global diff options at least.
>
> My use case:
>
> I wanted to specify something like -F "^(" to git diff for lisp files.
> But well, git diff has no -F option! So shruggar from #git pointed me to
> gitattributes. OK, that's great and works, but now I have to put
> .gitattributes or info/attributes to all repos with lisp files in them?
> That rather sucks, if you ask me.
>
> So I would like to ask if there is a way, and if not, if it could be
> considered a useful feature addition.
>
> Thanks,
>
>   Štěpán

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