{"thread":{"id":"16698","subject":"diff -b / -w and empty diffs","startedAt":"2008-12-12T17:57:36Z","lastAt":"2008-12-12T17:57:36Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Lars Noschinski"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"97715","messageId":"20081212175736.GA20046@lars.home.noschinski.de","threadId":"16698","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"diff -b / -w and empty diffs","fromName":"Lars Noschinski","fromEmail":"lars@public.noschinski.de","sentAt":"2008-12-12T17:57:36Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-12T17:57:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"lars@public.noschinski.de","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/ca62bd8b265f2e26c89d39a4bfe7e390bfa6b16d6400e186e222d1c2382c66f2?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hello!\n\nIf the difference between two files is only whitespace, \"git diff -b\"\nleads to diffs just consisting of the \"diff\" and \"index\" lines. I would\nlike an option to suppress those files in the diff output because it\nbreaks \"git diff -b > patch; git apply patch\" workflows (and often I'm\njust interested in \"real\" changes).\n\nIs there any reason why such behaviour is not implemented yet (besides\nthe fact that nobody cared to do it)?\n"}]}