Re: [BUG] "git diff --word-diff" gives a diff while they are only space changes

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 14, 2026, 07:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8q9migqk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAC2QwmKRyYfE+30Fh75gvAEmJjk8g-3k+G=RDiEJ-KGNExAEow@mail.gmail.com>

Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com> writes:

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> @@ -457,6 +457,11 @@ endif::git-diff[]
>  +
>  Note that despite the name of the first mode, color is used to
>  highlight the changed parts in all modes if enabled.
> ++
> +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.

The added text may not say anything wrong, but I am not sure how it helps the end user to know the way machinery works internally.