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Re: [EGIT PATCH] Enable diff=java for all *.java source files

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Aug 18, 2008, 05:49 UTC
Message-ID
<20080818054937.GC7376@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<200808180738.21572.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> wrote:
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> > diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..f57840b
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/.gitattributes
> > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > +*.java diff=java
> 
> Is there any reason this isn't the default in git?
Because uh.  Nobody submitted a patch to make it the default?

It does seem like it would be a good idea to make it the default. Its unlikely the C function header pattern is ever going to produce a more reasonable hunk header for a *.java file than the Java pattern.

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Enable diff=java for all *.java source filesShawn O. Pearce, Aug 15, 2008
  2. Robin RosenbergAug 18, 2008
  3. Shawn O. PearceAug 18, 2008

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