Improve 'git diff' of Python files.

[Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>]

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Hi Bruno,

On 4/13/24 11:08 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> That will be nice, indeed. Please, can you provide a patch (with a ChangeLog
> entry)?

Sure, I attached a patch.

Collin

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From 9e2fcc6d5e8f30b402627cc73b7da1109c047249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 11:16:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Improve 'git diff' of Python files.

* .gitattributes: Add a rule for *.py files.
---
 .gitattributes | 3 +++
 ChangeLog      | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index bad5997b57..c7fecf66a5 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ ChangeLog	merge=merge-changelog
 # Run this to make 'git diff' on .m4 files give nicer hunk context:
 #   git config diff.m4.xfuncname '^((AC_DEFUN|m4_define)[^,)]*)'
 *.m4	diff=m4
+
+# Improve diff hunk context on Python files.
+*.py	diff=python
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a5594c5cd..c9349f22ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2024-04-13  Collin Funk  <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
+
+	Improve 'git diff' of Python files.
+	* .gitattributes: Add a rule for *.py files.
+
 2024-04-13  Collin Funk  <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
 
 	gnulib-tool.py: Fix extra arguments to function call.
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2.44.0