1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 44aa477c4..4a908b28a 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		if (ep != var + 4) {
 			if (!strcmp(ep, ".command"))
 				return parse_lldiff_command(var, ep, value);
-			if (!strcmp(ep, ".funcname"))
-				return parse_funcname_pattern(var, ep, value);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -190,6 +188,14 @@ int git_diff_basic_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "diff.")) {
+		const char *ep = strrchr(var, '.');
+		if (ep != var + 4) {
+			if (!strcmp(ep, ".funcname"))
+				return parse_funcname_pattern(var, ep, value);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
@@ -1160,7 +1166,6 @@ static const char *funcname_pattern(const char *ident)
 {
 	struct funcname_pattern *pp;
 
-	read_config_if_needed();
 	for (pp = funcname_pattern_list; pp; pp = pp->next)
 		if (!strcmp(ident, pp->name))
 			return pp->pattern;