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From: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Strange diff behavior?
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:50:44 +0200
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Jason Sewall <jasonsewall@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems like every change listed after the first one is meaningless.
> I really think I just don't understand something about the diff
> algorithm. Can someone tell my why those empty lines are recorded as
> changes?

This are whitespace changes.

    $ git diff --color

marks whitespaces at the end of the line with a red background color
so you can see what changed.  I also use vim with :set list to see
whitespace changes, e.g.

    $ git diff | vim -c 'set list' -

If you like to have colors (not just in diff) permnanently you can add
this to your .git/config or ~/.gitconfig:

    [color]
        branch = auto
        diff = auto
        status = auto
        pager = true

See also git-config(1) for more information on these and other
configuration options.