An example .gitattributes file that will configure custom hunk header patterns for some common languages and file formats. See https://tekin.co.uk/2020/10/better-git-diff-output-for-ruby-python-elixir-and-more for more details.

.gitattributes

# Stick this in your home directory and point your Global Git config at it by running:
#
#  $ git config --global core.attributesfile ~/.gitattributes
#
# See https://tekin.co.uk/2020/10/better-git-diff-output-for-ruby-python-elixir-and-more for more details

*.c     diff=cpp
*.h     diff=cpp
*.c++   diff=cpp
*.h++   diff=cpp
*.cpp   diff=cpp
*.hpp   diff=cpp
*.cc    diff=cpp
*.hh    diff=cpp
*.m     diff=objc
*.mm    diff=objc
*.cs    diff=csharp
*.css   diff=css
*.html  diff=html
*.xhtml diff=html
*.ex    diff=elixir
*.exs   diff=elixir
*.go    diff=golang
*.php   diff=php
*.pl    diff=perl
*.py    diff=python
*.md    diff=markdown
*.rb    diff=ruby
*.rake  diff=ruby
*.rs    diff=rust
*.lisp  diff=lisp
*.el    diff=lisp

.gitconfig

# Additional manually-configured matchers you may want to add to your .gitconfig

[diff "rspec"]
        xfuncname = "^[ \t]*((RSpec|describe|context|it|before|after|around|feature|scenario|background)[ \t].*)$"
[diff "swift"]
    xfuncname = ^[ \t]*((class|func)[ \t].*)$