From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:44:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] diff: support bare repositories when reading gitattributes for diff algorithm
Message-ID: <xmqq1qlomysj.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZBMn5T6zfKK+PYUe@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> If you have a static list of attributes, that is OK (though you are
> presumably better off with /etc/gitattributes or similar that covers all
> repos).
> ...
> but still tell users that "json" is a well-known name, and if they want
> to get the same treatment for an arbitrary file "foo" that they would
> get for "foo.json", they have to add attributes mapping it, like:
>
>   foo diff=json
>
> inside their repo.

Yes, you described the reason very well why we didn't add "global"
or "system-wide" attribute files.

Thanks for commenting on my somewhat tongue-in-cheek "devil's
advocate" remark.