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[GSoC PATCH 0/2] add userdiff driver for gitconfig

From
Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2025, 17:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20250319172016.2115-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Hi!

Here's a simple patch, adding a userdiff driver for gitconfig files. This can be useful for people who use Git for versioning configuration files, like a dotfiles repository.

This patchset also includes tests for it.
Lucas Seiki Oshiro (2):
  userdiff: add builtin driver for gitconfig syntax
  t4018: add tests for gitconfig in userdiff
 t/t4018/gitconfig-section             | 5 +++++
 t/t4018/gitconfig-section-noindent    | 5 +++++
 t/t4018/gitconfig-subsection          | 7 +++++++
 t/t4018/gitconfig-subsection-noindent | 7 +++++++
 userdiff.c                            | 4 ++++
 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 t/t4018/gitconfig-section
 create mode 100644 t/t4018/gitconfig-section-noindent
 create mode 100644 t/t4018/gitconfig-subsection
 create mode 100644 t/t4018/gitconfig-subsection-noindent
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2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
Next: Lucas Seiki Oshiro
Message 1 of 7 in “add userdiff driver for gitconfig”
  1. 0/2 add userdiff driver for gitconfigLucas Seiki Oshiro, Mar 19, 2025
  2. 1/2 userdiff: add builtin driver for gitconfig syntaxLucas Seiki Oshiro, Mar 19, 2025
  3. Patrick SteinhardtMar 20, 2025
  4. D. Ben KnobleMar 21, 2025
  5. 2/2 t4018: add tests for gitconfig in userdiffLucas Seiki Oshiro, Mar 19, 2025
  6. Patrick SteinhardtMar 20, 2025
  7. Lucas Seiki OshiroMar 23, 2025

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