From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:49:38 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] git-rebase.txt: use back-ticks consistently Message-ID: In-Reply-To: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" writes: > -apply backend: When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in > -context lines. Unfortunately, this means that if the "old" lines being > -replaced by the patch differ only in whitespace from the existing > -file, you will get a merge conflict instead of a successful patch > -application. > +apply backend:;; Hmph, I am surprised that you took this, with an extra colon. Does it format nicely? > + When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in context > + lines. Unfortunately, this means that if the "old" lines being > + replaced by the patch differ only in whitespace from the existing > + file, you will get a merge conflict instead of a successful patch > + application. > + > -merge backend: Treat lines with only whitespace changes as unchanged > -when merging. Unfortunately, this means that any patch hunks that were > -intended to modify whitespace and nothing else will be dropped, even > -if the other side had no changes that conflicted. > +merge backend:;; > + Treat lines with only whitespace changes as unchanged when merging. > + Unfortunately, this means that any patch hunks that were intended > + to modify whitespace and nothing else will be dropped, even if the > + other side had no changes that conflicted. > > --whitespace=