"Peter Oliver via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ linkgit:git-diff-files[1] > with the `-p` option produces patch text. > You can customize the creation of patch text via the > `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables > -(see linkgit:git[1]). > +(see linkgit:git[1]), and the `diff` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). > > What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional > diff format: > @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ separate lines indicate the old and the new mode. > rename from b > rename to a > > +5. Hunk headers mention the name of the function to which the hunk > + applies. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details of how to tailor > + to this to specific languages. Shouldn't this part be as helpful as the change you made to the earlier part by mentioning that the user wants to look at a specific part of the document, instead of reading the entire gitattributes(5) manpage? Perhaps "Defining a custom hunk header" section is what they want to refer to. > Combined diff format > -------------------- > > base-commit: 48bf2fa8bad054d66bd79c6ba903c89c704201f7
