When passed to git-diff (and to every other git command producing diffs and/or diffstats) with "-O" or "diff.orderFile", this list of patterns will place the more declarative / abstract hunks first, while changes to imperative code / details will be near the end of the patches. This saves on scrolling / searching and makes for easier reviewing.
We intend to advise contributors in the Wiki to run git config diff.orderFile scripts/git.orderfile once, as part of their initial setup, before formatting their first (or, for repeat contributors, next) patches. See the "-O" option and the "diff.orderFile" configuration variable in git-diff(1) and git-config(1). Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> Cc: Eric Blake <[email protected]> Cc: Fam Zheng <[email protected]> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <[email protected]> Cc: John Snow <[email protected]> Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> --- Notes: I think I managed to incorporate everyone's feedback! scripts/git.orderfile | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 scripts/git.orderfile diff --git a/scripts/git.orderfile b/scripts/git.orderfile new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..600a2e4fc540 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/git.orderfile @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +*.txt +configure +GNUmakefile +makefile +Makefile +*.mak +qapi-schema*.json +qapi/*.json +include/qapi/visitor.h +include/qapi/visitor-impl.h +scripts/qapi.py +scripts/*.py +*.h +qapi/qapi-visit-core.c +*.c -- 2.9.2
