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doc: add more pointers to gitattributes(5) for userdiff

Several Git commands can make use of the builtin userdiff patterns, but
it's not obvious in the documentation. Add pointers to the 'Defining a
custom hunk header' part of gitattributes(5) in the description of the
following options:

- the '--function-context' option of `git diff` and friends
- the '--function-context' option of `git grep`
- the '-L :<funcname>' option of `git log`, `gitk` and `git blame`

In 'git-grep.txt', take the opportunity to use backticks in the
description of '--show-function', and improve the wording of the
desription of '--function-context'.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Philippe Blain 4 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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  1. 5
      Documentation/diff-options.txt
  2. 6
      Documentation/git-grep.txt
  3. 4
      Documentation/line-range-format.txt

5
Documentation/diff-options.txt

@ -695,7 +695,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] @@ -695,7 +695,10 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]

-W::
--function-context::
Show whole surrounding functions of changes.
Show whole function as context lines for each change.
The function names are determined in the same way as
`git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).

ifndef::git-format-patch[]
ifndef::git-log[]

6
Documentation/git-grep.txt

@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ providing this option will cause it to die. @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
--show-function::
Show the preceding line that contains the function name of
the match, unless the matching line is a function name itself.
The name is determined in the same way as 'git diff' works out
The name is determined in the same way as `git diff` works out
patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
linkgit:gitattributes[5]).

@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ providing this option will cause it to die. @@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a
function name up to the one before the next function name,
effectively showing the whole function in which the match was
found.
found. The function names are determined in the same way as
`git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).

--threads <num>::
Number of grep worker threads to use.

4
Documentation/line-range-format.txt

@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line @@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of
file.
file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff`
works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header'
in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).

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