[sundarurfriend]

> Within git, this context is referred to as the "function name", but that's a bit inaccurate as the patterns will usually match other scopes like namespaces and classes.

Thank you for mentioning this (and the other details). The userdiff.c file was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but I was doubting it since its regexes also matched classes, Perl POD blocks, etc. Good to have it clarified that it's the Git man pages that are inaccurate, helps understand this file (userdiff.c) and this feature better.