Re: [BUG] "git diff --word-diff" gives a diff while they are only space changes
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Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
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- May 13, 2026, 15:52 UTC
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On 2026-05-12 21:17 UTC, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Yes, this would be useful.
I've submitted a patch for this: https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.2113.git.1778686956622.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/T/#u
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
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> > 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. > > -- > Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> > 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> > Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)