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?

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