Hi! Thanks for that. It sounds plausible, but I wonder why it works automagically for C, but not for Java (Politcal reasons put aside): Using ".c" for C is about as common as using ".java" for Java ;-) Regards, Ulrich >>> Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 25.04.2018 um 17:05 in Nachricht <aae8d748-101d-1eb2-f8e8-9da2e53e2388@xxxxxxxxx>: > Le 25/04/2018 à 14:53, Ulrich Windl a écrit : >> Hi! >> >> This is for git 2.13.6, and it may be an FAQ or frequent feature request. > Anyway: >> I'm new to Java, and writing my first project using Git, I found that "git > diff" only reports the class in the diff context, but not the method (as seen > for C, for example). >> I'd wish to have the method where the diff is located. > > Hi, > > to achieve this behaviour, you have to create a file named > ".gitattributes" at the root of your project, containing this line: > > *.java diff=java > > .gitattributes allows you to configure other things, as described in the > documentation[1]. > > I hope it helps. > > [1] https://www.git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes > > Cheers, > Alban
