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Re: [PATCH] No diff -b/-w output for all-whitespace changes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 19, 2009, 22:06 UTC
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Greg Bacon <gbacon@dbresearch.net> writes:
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> Change git-diff's whitespace-ignoring modes to generate
> output only if a non-empty patch results, which git-apply
> rejects.
>
> Update the tests to look for the new behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Bacon <gbacon@dbresearch.net>
Thanks.

I didn't read the patch carefully, but I think this is the right thing to do and is in the same sprit as jc/1.7.0-diff-whitespace-only-status topic.

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  1. No diff -b/-w output for all-whitespace changesGreg Bacon, Nov 19, 2009
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