Re: [RFC PATCH v5 1/1] scripts: Introduce a default git.orderFile

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 05:09:21PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Unlike .gitignore, this feature is opt-in rather than enforced.
> 
> To use this, you need to run
> 
> 'git config diff.orderFile scripts/git.orderFile'
> 
> or
> 
> 'git diff -C scripts/git.orderFile'

Oh, ok.  That greatly reduces my concern.

> 
> Indeed, the file order is subjective, leaving
> us a question "do we need it in upstream"?
> 
> At least, it is harmless for people who have no interest.

.. but this is still a good question.  I'm not really sure there is
much of a need for it, but as long as it doesn't harm everyone else
I'm at least neutral on it.