Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / gitattributes.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
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--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ few exceptions.  Even though...
 `ident`
 ^^^^^^^
 
-When the attribute `ident` is set to a path, git replaces
-`$Id$` in the blob object with `$Id:`, followed by
+When the attribute `ident` is set for a path, git replaces
+`$Id$` in the blob object with `$Id:`, followed by the
 40-character hexadecimal blob object name, followed by a dollar
 sign `$` upon checkout.  Any byte sequence that begins with
 `$Id:` and ends with `$` in the worktree file is replaced
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ with `crlf`, and then `ident` and fed to `filter`.
 Generating diff text
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+`diff`
+^^^^^^
+
 The attribute `diff` affects if 'git-diff' generates textual
 patch for the path or just says `Binary files differ`.  It also
 can affect what line is shown on the hunk header `@@ -k,l +n,m @@`
@@ -270,31 +273,31 @@ See linkgit:git[1] for details.
 Defining a custom hunk-header
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Each group of changes (called "hunk") in the textual diff output
+Each group of changes (called a "hunk") in the textual diff output
 is prefixed with a line of the form:
 
        @@ -k,l +n,m @@ TEXT
 
-The text is called 'hunk header', and by default a line that
-begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign is used,
-which matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses.  This default
-selection however is not suited for some contents, and you can
-use customized pattern to make a selection.
+This is called a 'hunk header'.  The "TEXT" portion is by default a line
+that begins with an alphabet, an underscore or a dollar sign; this
+matches what GNU 'diff -p' output uses.  This default selection however
+is not suited for some contents, and you can use a customized pattern
+to make a selection.
 
-First in .gitattributes, you would assign the `diff` attribute
+First, in .gitattributes, you would assign the `diff` attribute
 for paths.
 
 ------------------------
 *.tex  diff=tex
 ------------------------
 
-Then, you would define "diff.tex.funcname" configuration to
+Then, you would define a "diff.tex.xfuncname" configuration to
 specify a regular expression that matches a line that you would
-want to appear as the hunk header, like this:
+want to appear as the hunk header "TEXT", like this:
 
 ------------------------
 [diff "tex"]
-       funcname = "^\\(\\\\\\(sub\\)*section{.*\\)$"
+       xfuncname = "^(\\\\(sub)*section\\{.*)$"
 ------------------------
 
 Note.  A single level of backslashes are eaten by the
@@ -315,6 +318,8 @@ patterns are available:
 
 - `java` suitable for source code in the Java language.
 
+- `objc` suitable for source code in the Objective-C language.
+
 - `pascal` suitable for source code in the Pascal/Delphi language.
 
 - `php` suitable for source code in the PHP language.
@@ -329,6 +334,9 @@ patterns are available:
 Performing a three-way merge
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+`merge`
+^^^^^^^
+
 The attribute `merge` affects how three versions of a file is
 merged when a file-level merge is necessary during `git merge`,
 and other programs such as `git revert` and `git cherry-pick`.