# [EGIT PATCH] Enable diff=java for all *.java source files 3 messages from 2008-08-15 to 2008-08-18. Participants: Shawn O. Pearce, Robin Rosenberg. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15024 ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-08-15 15:40 Subject: [EGIT PATCH] Enable diff=java for all *.java source files Message-ID: <1218814822-23307-1-git-send-email-spearce@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1218814822-23307-1-git-send-email-spearce%40spearce.org ``` This (usually) gets more reasonable function headers to appear in the header line for a diff hunk. Its slightly better than the default C rules. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce --- .gitattributes | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .gitattributes diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f57840b --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +*.java diff=java -- 1.6.0.rc3.250.g8dd0 ``` ## Robin Rosenberg, 2008-08-18 05:38 Subject: Re: [EGIT PATCH] Enable diff=java for all *.java source files Message-ID: <200808180738.21572.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200808180738.21572.robin.rosenberg.lists%40dewire.com In-Reply-To: <1218814822-23307-1-git-send-email-spearce@spearce.org> ``` fredagen den 15 augusti 2008 17.40.22 skrev Shawn O. Pearce: > This (usually) gets more reasonable function headers to > appear in the header line for a diff hunk. Its slightly > better than the default C rules. > > Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce > --- > .gitattributes | 1 + > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 .gitattributes > > 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? -- robin ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-08-18 05:49 Subject: Re: [EGIT PATCH] Enable diff=java for all *.java source files Message-ID: <20080818054937.GC7376@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080818054937.GC7376%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <200808180738.21572.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> ``` Robin Rosenberg 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. ```