diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b31f7fd74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.scm       diff=scheme
+*.scm.in    diff=scheme
+*.texi      diff=texinfo
diff --git a/etc/git/gitconfig b/etc/git/gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9ebdc8fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/git/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[diff "scheme"]
+	xfuncname = "^(\\(define.*)$"
+
+[diff "texinfo"]
+	xfuncname = "^@node[[:space:]]+([^,]+).*$"