From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:49:37 GMT
Subject: Re: [EGIT PATCH] Enable diff=java for all *.java source files
Message-ID: <20080818054937.GC7376@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <200808180738.21572.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> wrote:
> > 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.