# [PATCH] .gitattributes: set file type for C files

1 messages from 2016-07-07 to 2016-07-07. Participants: René Scharfe.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/42798

## René Scharfe, 2016-07-07 20:11

Subject: [PATCH] .gitattributes: set file type for C files
Message-ID: <577EB786.7020806@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/577EB786.7020806%40web.de

```
Set the diff attribute for C source file to "cpp" in order to improve
git's ability to determine hunk headers.  In particular it helps avoid
showing unindented labels in hunk headers.  That in turn is useful for
git diff -W and git grep -W, which show whole functions now instead of
stopping at a label.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 .gitattributes | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 5e98806..320e33c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 * whitespace=!indent,trail,space
-*.[ch] whitespace=indent,trail,space
+*.[ch] whitespace=indent,trail,space diff=cpp
 *.sh whitespace=indent,trail,space
-- 
2.9.0


```