Re: git diff annoyance / feature request

From: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date: Aug 26, 2011, 21:16 UTC
Message-ID: <4E580D49.1070006@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <4E569F10.8060808@panasas.com>

Am 25.08.2011 21:14, schrieb Boaz Harrosh:

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> 
> git diff has this very annoying miss-fixture where it will state
> as hunk header the closest label instead of the function name.
> 
> So I get:
> @@ -675,9 +670,23 @@ try_again:
>  	}
>  
>  	if (flag) {
> -		foo();
> +		bazz();
>  	}
>  
>  
> Instead of what I'd like:
> @@ -563,12 +563,7 @@ static int write_exec(struct page_collect *pcol)
>  	}
>  
>  	if (flag) {
> -		foo();
> +		bazz();
>  	}

Cheap trick: change your coding style to place a single space before labels instead of having them start right at the beginning of a line.

René