linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] .gitattributes: Enable cpp diff parsing for .[ch] files

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Date:	Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:55:12 -0700
From:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Git Mailing List <git@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] .gitattributes: Enable cpp diff parsing for .[ch] files

On 08/26/2011 01:27 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com> wrote:
>>
>> Add a .gitattributes file to the Linux tree to enable cpp parsing
>> of the source files.
> 
> Hmm. I'm not entirely conviced. If people really think that the hunk
> description matters that much, maybe we should just instead improve on
> the automatic diff detection, and extend it from just binary-vs-text,
> to also do the common hunk-headers.
> 
> After all, not having a diff pattern already *does* mean "automatic",
> so it would be just a rather trivial extension to that.
> 
> Junio?
> 

There was a patch submitted for new git version to auto detect file
extensions and do the right thing. 
(Look for the thread "git diff annoyance / feature request" on the git
 mailing list)

But this patch is for all the people and distributions that are going
to use the old git versions for a while, (Years).

It is important for the Linux mailing-list review, because you get
patches with:

@@@ lable out:
-	change foo
+	to bazz

And how the hell are you suppose to know where in the file it is.
This is such a trivial addition, that can help unify everyone's
usage. I don't see the down sides.

Thanks
Boaz

>                      Linus
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