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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] improve git diff
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:22:06 +0000
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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>
> ---
>  .gitattributes | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 .gitattributes
> 
> diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..fe555f8
> --- /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?

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

> +*.py  diff=python
>