Octave pattern is almost the same as matlab, except
that '%%%' and '##' can also be used to begin code sections,
in addition to '%%' that is understood by both.
Signed-off-by: Boxuan Li <liboxuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Thanks to all the reviewers above, this is the fourth version:
v1: use matlab pattern for octave
v2: add a new octave pattern
v3: fix indentation problem of v2
v4: improve doc and commit message
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Documentation/gitattributes.txt | 2 ++
userdiff.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 4fb20cd0e9..45374c7dd3 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ patterns are available:
- `matlab` suitable for source code in the MATLAB language.
+- `octave` suitable for source code in the Octave language.
+
- `objc` suitable for source code in the Objective-C language.
- `pascal` suitable for source code in the Pascal/Delphi language.
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index 3a78fbf504..1127a4c6b1 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ PATTERNS("java",
PATTERNS("matlab",
"^[[:space:]]*((classdef|function)[[:space:]].*)$|^%%[[:space:]].*$",
"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*|[-+0-9.e]+|[=~<>]=|\\.[*/\\^']|\\|\\||&&"),
+PATTERNS("octave",
+ /* Mostly the same as matlab, except that '%%%' and '##' can also be used
+ * to begin code sections, in addition to '%%' that is understood by both. */
+ "^[[:space:]]*((classdef|function)[[:space:]].*)$|^(%%%?|##)[[:space:]].*$",
+ "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*|[-+0-9.e]+|[=~<>]=|\\.[*/\\^']|\\|\\||&&"),
PATTERNS("objc",
/* Negate C statements that can look like functions */
"!^[ \t]*(do|for|if|else|return|switch|while)\n"
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2.21.0.777.g83232e3864
