On 12/02/2016 03:01 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > 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.
Presumably, we'd also want this to be mentioned in HACKING? > > 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: Max Reitz <[email protected]> > Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> > --- Is it time to revive this patch? -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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