Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff: add a config option to control orderfile

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:12:18 -0700

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email-masked]> writes:

> I always want my diffs to show header files first,
> then .c files, then the rest. Make it possible to
> set orderfile though a config option to achieve this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email-masked]>
> ---

I admit that I was the guilty one who introduced the orderfile, but
I think the feature was misguided (for one thing, it breaks the
patch-id, I think).  So I am moderately hesitant to promote its use
with an addition like this.

>  diff.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> index 208094f..cca0767 100644
> --- a/diff.c
> +++ b/diff.c
> @@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ int git_diff_basic_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> +        if (!strcmp(var, "diff.orderfile"))
> +                return git_config_string(&default_diff_options.orderfile, var, value);
> +
>  	if (!prefixcmp(var, "submodule."))
>  		return parse_submodule_config_option(var, value);