Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] Introduce config variable "diff.primer"

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:35:46 -0800

Keith Cascio <[email-masked]> writes:

> Future work: Extend the gitattributes mechanism so it supports
> all [diff] config variables, including e.g. diff.mnemonicprefix
> and diff.primer.

I am puzzled.

The gitattributes mechanism is about per-path settings, but I do not think
a mnemonicprefix that is per-path makes much sense.