Tim Chase <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> diff.{type}.xfuncname seems to start searching backwards in
> from the beginning of the hunk, not the first differing line.
[...]
> @@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ int call_me(int maybe)
>
> int main()
> {
> + return 0;
> }
>
> misleadingly suggesting that the change occurred in the call_me()
> function, rather than in main()
I think that's intentional, and matches what 'diff -p' does. It gives
you the context before the hunk. After all, if a new function starts in
the leading context lines, you can see that in the usual diff data.
--
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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