git Pengwin Linux msysgit

Debian git does not provide msysgit astextplain. Need to modify ~\.gitconfig to consistently handle Word, Excel and Acrobat files.

run-mailcap --action=cat <file> should work as astextplain but fails for Word. Installing docx2txt resolves the issue. The local .git/config can override the global.

sudo apt-get install docx2txt

git config diff.msword.textconv 'run-mailcap --action=cat'
git config diff.msword.wordRegex '\\w+'

.git/config should should include a new section or add to ~/.dotfiles/.gitconfig per Dotfiles Git Config below.

[diff "msword"]
	textconv = run-mailcap --action=cat
	wordRegex = "\\w+"
[diff "astextplain"]
	textconv = run-mailcap --action=cat

For dotfiles, make use of include section in .git/config to override the global default:

[include]
	path = ~/.dotfiles/.gitconfig