# git diff --ignore-space-at-eol issue 4 messages from 2012-12-21 to 2012-12-28. Participants: John Moon, Antoine Pelisse. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32429 ## John Moon, 2012-12-21 15:04 Subject: git diff --ignore-space-at-eol issue Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BLU163-W40634B340214076467C88ECF360%40phx.gbl ``` Hi all, The --ignore-space-at-eol option is ignored when used in conjunction with --name-status. It works fine otherwise. $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test/.git/ $ printf "hello\r\n" > test.txt $git -c core.autocrlf=false add test.txt $git commit -m. [master (root-commit) 5c4ce92] . 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 test.txt $ printf "hello" > test.txt $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol test.txt $ git diff --stat --ignore-space-at-eol test.txt 0 files changed $ git diff --name-status --ignore-space-at-eol test.txt M test.txt Thanks. ``` ## Antoine Pelisse, 2012-12-28 16:46 Subject: Re: git diff --ignore-space-at-eol issue Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALWbr2y3BdqcD-62jhPSQsK3U%3D8-Dc%3DR-jxg8H0yqpgVfdHJXw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` > The --ignore-space-at-eol option is ignored when used in conjunction > with --name-status. > It works fine otherwise. Indeed the behavior of diff --stat, and etc has been corrected very recently to make it more consistent across all options. I don't know if the new behavior is exactly what you expected: $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol test.txt $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --stat test.txt test.txt | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --name-status test.txt M test.txt The idea is that even though diff doesn't show any differences, stat, shortstat, numstat and name-status reports the file as being changed. This is available since v1.8.1-rc0. ``` ## John Moon, 2012-12-28 19:59 Subject: RE: git diff --ignore-space-at-eol issue Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BLU163-W51DAB90003C969CDF837A2CF3F0%40phx.gbl In-Reply-To: ``` > $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol test.txt > $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --stat test.txt > test.txt | 0 > 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --name-status test.txt > M test.txt > > The idea is that even though diff doesn't show any differences, stat, > shortstat, numstat and name-status reports the file as being changed. > This is available since v1.8.1-rc0. Thanks for the info.  Unfortunately it's not what i would expect.   If i told git diff specifically to ignore line endings, why is --name-status  showing me a file as being modified when the only modification is the very thing i told it to ignore.   The same thing for --stat, why is it showing me a file with zero changes?  Just my opinion though. I'll tell you why this is a problem for me, basically what i am doing is running the "git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --name-status "  on my root directory to give to someone else who is not using git to give them the files that i have modified.  I don't want to give them a file where only the line ending has changed. Cheers. ``` ## Antoine Pelisse, 2012-12-28 20:33 Subject: Re: git diff --ignore-space-at-eol issue Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALWbr2zSe6GEy%3D_7SXqRocKwhXauXmP7eMMmDur4Vg7npqBPyg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Then you should give the output of diff --stat, and he will be able to ignore files with no changes. The change was originally made for permission changes. diff --stat needs to show files have changed even though, indeed, there is no diff output. You could also use --numstat and filter out files with no changes (starting by 0 0). On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:59 PM, John Moon wrote: > > >> $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol test.txt >> $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --stat test.txt >> test.txt | 0 >> 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> $ git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --name-status test.txt >> M test.txt >> >> The idea is that even though diff doesn't show any differences, stat, >> shortstat, numstat and name-status reports the file as being changed. >> This is available since v1.8.1-rc0. > > Thanks for the info. Unfortunately it's not what i would expect. > If i told git diff specifically to ignore line endings, why is --name-status showing me a file as being modified when the only modification is the very thing i told it to ignore. > The same thing for --stat, why is it showing me a file with zero changes? Just my opinion though. > > I'll tell you why this is a problem for me, basically what i am doing is running the "git diff --ignore-space-at-eol --name-status " on my root directory to give to someone else who is not using git to give them the files that i have modified. I don't want to give them a file where only the line ending has changed. > > Cheers. ```