From 991e80911ed131f1785bd6015647180fed4dd95f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:25:24 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] maint: Tell git that *.py files should use python diff hunks Git's default hunk pattern recognizer favors the C language, but it also includes several built-in diff styles that give saner results in other languages. In particular, telling git to treat all .py files as python changes the beginning of diff hunks as follows: | --- a/python/qemu/machine.py | +++ b/python/qemu/machine.py | -@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ class QEMUMachine: | +@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ def _post_shutdown(self) -> None: | self._qmp.close() which makes it much easier to tell what function a patch is touching, rather than a non-descript listing of what class contains the changes. Sadly, our python files that don't use .py suffix (such as numerous iotests) do not benefit from this glob. Reported-by: John Snow Signed-off-by: Eric Blake Message-Id: <20210215222524.1820223-1-eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: John Snow Reviewed-by: Cleber Rosa Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa --- .gitattributes | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes index 3d2fe2ecda..07f430e944 100644 --- a/.gitattributes +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ *.c.inc diff=c *.h.inc diff=c +*.py diff=python