Add built-in diff patterns for MATLAB codegh/userdiff-matlab

MATLAB is often used in industry and academia for scientific
computations motivating it being included as a built-in pattern.

Signed-off-by: Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

7 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 25e46aeb7a..a85b187e04 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ patterns are available:
 
 - `java` suitable for source code in the Java language.
 
+- `matlab` suitable for source code in the MATLAB language.
+
 - `objc` suitable for source code in the Objective-C language.
 
 - `pascal` suitable for source code in the Pascal/Delphi language.
diff --git a/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh b/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
index b68c56b68c..4bd2a1c838 100755
--- a/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
+++ b/t/t4018-diff-funcname.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ test_expect_funcname () {
 	grep "^@@.*@@ $1" diff
 }
 
-for p in bibtex cpp csharp fortran html java objc pascal perl php python ruby tex
+for p in bibtex cpp csharp fortran html java matlab objc pascal perl php python ruby tex
 do
 	test_expect_success "builtin $p pattern compiles" '
 		echo "*.java diff=$p" >.gitattributes &&
diff --git a/t/t4034-diff-words.sh b/t/t4034-diff-words.sh
index c374aa4c1c..6f1e5a2a15 100755
--- a/t/t4034-diff-words.sh
+++ b/t/t4034-diff-words.sh
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ test_language_driver csharp
 test_language_driver fortran
 test_language_driver html
 test_language_driver java
+test_language_driver matlab
 test_language_driver objc
 test_language_driver pascal
 test_language_driver perl
diff --git a/t/t4034/matlab/expect b/t/t4034/matlab/expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72cf3e93a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4034/matlab/expect
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<BOLD>diff --git a/pre b/post<RESET>
+<BOLD>index dc204db..70e05f0 100644<RESET>
+<BOLD>--- a/pre<RESET>
+<BOLD>+++ b/post<RESET>
+<CYAN>@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@<RESET>
+(<RED>1<RESET><GREEN>0<RESET>) (<RED>-1e10<RESET><GREEN>-0e10<RESET>) '<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>';
+[<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>] {<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>} <RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>.<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>;
+~<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>;
+<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>*<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>.*<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>/<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>./<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>^<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>.^<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>.\<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>.';
+<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>+<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>-<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>;
+<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>&<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>&&<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>|<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>||<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>;
+<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET><<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET><=<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>><RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>>=<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>;
+<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>==<RED>b a<RESET><GREEN>y x<RESET>~=<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>;
+<RED>a<RESET><GREEN>x<RESET>,<RED>b<RESET><GREEN>y<RESET>;
diff --git a/t/t4034/matlab/post b/t/t4034/matlab/post
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70e05f0753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4034/matlab/post
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(0) (-0e10) 'y';
+[x] {x} x.y;
+~x;
+x*y x.*y x/y x./y x^y x.^y x.\y x.';
+x+y x-y;
+x&y x&&y x|y x||y;
+x<y x<=y x>y x>=y;
+x==y x~=y;
+x,y;
diff --git a/t/t4034/matlab/pre b/t/t4034/matlab/pre
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc204db486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4034/matlab/pre
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(1) (-1e10) 'b';
+[a] {a} a.b;
+~a;
+a*b a.*b a/b a./b a^b a.^b a.\b a.';
+a+b a-b;
+a&b a&&b a|b a||b;
+a<b a<=b a>b a>=b;
+a==b a~=b;
+a,b;
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index bf553ad91b..7c983c14ff 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ PATTERNS("java",
 	 "|[-+0-9.e]+[fFlL]?|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+[lL]?"
 	 "|[-+*/<>%&^|=!]="
 	 "|--|\\+\\+|<<=?|>>>?=?|&&|\\|\\|"),
+PATTERNS("matlab",
+	 "^[[:space:]]*((classdef|function)[[:space:]].*)$|^%%[[:space:]].*$",
+	 "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*|[-+0-9.e]+|[=~<>]=|\\.[*/\\^']|\\|\\||&&"),
 PATTERNS("objc",
 	 /* Negate C statements that can look like functions */
 	 "!^[ \t]*(do|for|if|else|return|switch|while)\n"