From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 21:17:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] "git diff --word-diff" gives a diff while they are only space changes
Message-ID: <20260512211707.GB1516810@qaa.vinc17.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAC2QwmKRyYfE+30Fh75gvAEmJjk8g-3k+G=RDiEJ-KGNExAEow@mail.gmail.com>

On 2026-05-12 13:56:19 -0700, Michael Montalbo wrote:
> Maybe something like this would be worth adding to the docs:
[...]
> +Word diff works by finding word-level changes within each hunk of
> +the line-level diff.  The line-level alignment determines which
> +changed lines are compared to each other, which can affect the
> +word-level output.
[...]

Yes, this would be useful.

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