DarkPlayer@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.dev · 2 months agoHow far should a programming language aware diff go?semanticdiff.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down14
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minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agogit diff -w only ignores whitespace within a line (e.g. changing indentation). It doesn’t ignore adding or removing new lines. But even if it did, wrapping a function call or a long string can introduce extra commas or quotes.
How is that not whitespace?
git diff -wonly ignores whitespace within a line (e.g. changing indentation). It doesn’t ignore adding or removing new lines.But even if it did, wrapping a function call or a long string can introduce extra commas or quotes.