From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
To: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, j6t@kdbg.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] "git diff --word-diff" gives a diff while they are only space changes
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 23:17:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512211707.GB1516810@qaa.vinc17.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC2QwmKRyYfE+30Fh75gvAEmJjk8g-3k+G=RDiEJ-KGNExAEow@mail.gmail.com>
On 2026-05-12 13:56:19 -0700, Michael Montalbo wrote:
> Maybe something like this would be worth adding to the docs:
[...]
> +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.
[...]
Yes, this would be useful.
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-12 20:56 [BUG] "git diff --word-diff" gives a diff while they are only space changes Michael Montalbo
2026-05-12 21:17 ` Vincent Lefevre [this message]
2026-05-13 15:52 ` Michael Montalbo
2026-05-14 7:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-14 9:55 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-05-15 13:22 ` Phillip Wood
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2026-05-06 1:09 Vincent Lefevre
2026-05-08 12:48 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-05-08 21:39 ` Vincent Lefevre
2026-05-09 6:16 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-05-09 15:55 ` Vincent Lefevre
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