diff: use built-in patterns by default via git attributes
Hi,
I'm wondering why the built-in patterns (defined in userdiff.c) are not being applied by default, e.g. what you would normally do in core.attributesfile via:
*.py diff=python
Wouldn't it make sense to provide certain defaults for attributes, where Git provides enhanced patterns?
Regards,
Daniel.
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I'm wondering why the built-in patterns (defined in
userdiff.c) are not being applied by default, e.g. what you would normally do in core.attributesfile via:*.py diff=python
Wouldn't it make sense to provide certain defaults for attributes, where Git provides enhanced patterns?
It's been discussed:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/187269
It ended up with a lot of back-and-forth over which extensions belonged to which type, and whether the C funcname pattern was terrible or not. I got sick of it and dropped the patch.
You are welcome to try resurrecting it. :) It might help to read the discussion and drop any contentious names. Since that thread, the C/C++ pattern has improved greatly, so it might not meet so much resistance.
-Peff