3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile b/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
index f2be7cc924..33c2ccc9f7 100644
--- a/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-all: diff-highlight
+# The default target of this Makefile is...
+all:: diff-highlight
 
 PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
 -include ../../config.mak
diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/README b/contrib/diff-highlight/README
index d4c2343175..1db4440e68 100644
--- a/contrib/diff-highlight/README
+++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/README
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ following in your git configuration:
 	diff = diff-highlight | less
 ---------------------------------------------
 
+If you use the interactive patch mode of `git add -p`, `git checkout
+-p`, etc, you may also want to configure it to be used there:
+
+---------------------------------------------
+[interactive]
+        diffFilter = diff-highlight
+---------------------------------------------
+
 
 Color Config
 ------------
diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/t/Makefile b/contrib/diff-highlight/t/Makefile
index 5ff5275496..2a98541477 100644
--- a/contrib/diff-highlight/t/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/t/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# The default target of this Makefile is...
+all::
+
 -include ../../../config.mak.autogen
 -include ../../../config.mak
 
@@ -6,7 +9,7 @@ SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 T = $(wildcard t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh)
 
-all: test
+all:: test
 test: $(T)
 
 .PHONY: help clean all test $(T)