gitconfig: enable diff.mnemonicprefix

[config/dotfiles.git] / gitconfig.in

diff --git a/gitconfig.in b/gitconfig.in
index 99ffe299d42d532c77424d72a9f6f34c88eb985f..00045f4951e2c0a9620e908643a1de0c51c07085 100644 (file)
--- a/gitconfig.in
+++ b/gitconfig.in
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@
        # Diff algorithm to use.
        algorithm = histogram
 
+       # Replace "a/" and "b/" prefix in diffs with characters describing the
+       # context (e.g. "i/"ndex and "w/"ork tree).
+       mnemonicprefix = true
+
        # Change the definition of a word as used by diff --color-words to be
        # shorter (not only spaces) and thus simplify the generated diffs.
        # Words ([a-zA-Z0-9_]+) are matched, or a single non-word character