I just put this togther: https://github.com/sxlijin/xfuncname-test Try cloning and then for any of config1 thru 3, $ cp configX .git/config $ git diff HEAD^ -- test.natvis On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Jack Adrian Zappa <adrianh.bsc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Samuel, > > So, the question is, what is causing this problem on my system? > > Anyone have an idea to help diagnose this problem? > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Windows 7, it works for me in both CMD and Git Bash: >> >> $ git --version >> git version 2.11.0.windows.3 >> >> $ git diff HEAD^ --word-diff >> diff --git a/test.natvis b/test.natvis >> index 93396ad..1233b8c 100644 >> --- a/test.natvis >> +++ b/test.natvis >> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ test >> >> >> <!-- Non-blank line --> >> {+<Item Name="added var">added_var</Item>+} >> >> >> <Item Name="var2">var2</Item> >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:37 PM, René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> Am 08.02.2017 um 18:11 schrieb Jack Adrian Zappa: >>>> Thanks Rene, but you seem to have missed the point. NOTHING is >>>> working. No matter what I put there, it doesn't seem to get matched. >>> >>> I'm not so sure about that. With your example I get this diff without >>> setting diff.natvis.xfuncname: >>> >>> diff --git a/a.natvis b/a.natvis >>> index 7f9bdf5..bc3c090 100644 >>> --- a/a.natvis >>> +++ b/a.natvis >>> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/vstudio/debugger/natvis/2010";> >>> >>> >>> <!-- Non-blank line --> >>> - <Item Name="added var">added_var</Item> >>> + <Item Name="added var">added_vars</Item> >>> >>> >>> <Item Name="var2">var2</Item> >>> >>> Note the XML namespace in the hunk header. It's put there by the >>> default rule because "xmlns" starts at the beginning of the line. Your >>> diff has nothing there, which means the default rule is not used, i.e. >>> your user-defined rule is in effect. >>> >>> Come to think of it, this line break in the middle of the AutoVisualizer >>> tab might have been added by your email client unintentionally, so that >>> we use different test files, which then of course results in different >>> diffs. Is that the case? >>> >>> Anyway, if I run the following two commands: >>> >>> $ git config diff.natvis.xfuncname "^[\t ]*<Type[\t ]+Name=\"([^\"]+)\".*$" >>> $ echo '*.natvis diff=natvis' >.gitattributes >>> >>> ... then I get this, both on Linux (git version 2.11.1) and on Windows >>> (git version 2.11.1.windows.1): >>> >>> diff --git a/a.natvis b/a.natvis >>> index 7f9bdf5..bc3c090 100644 >>> --- a/a.natvis >>> +++ b/a.natvis >>> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test >>> >>> >>> <!-- Non-blank line --> >>> - <Item Name="added var">added_var</Item> >>> + <Item Name="added var">added_vars</Item> >>> >>> >>> <Item Name="var2">var2</Item> >>> >>>> Just to be sure, I tested your regex and again it didn't work. >>> >>> At this point I'm out of ideas, sorry. :( The only way I was able to >>> break it was due to mistyping the extension as "netvis" several times >>> for some reason. >>> >>> René