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Subject: Re: git-diff cr/nl files on linux
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"Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Dirk S=C3=BCsserott <newsletter@dirk=
=2Emy1.cc> wrote:
> ...
>> What about 'git diff -w'? It drops any whitespace changes, including=
 ^M's.
>> Not sure whether that is what you meant.
>
> That won't help.

Just like GNU diff, the only thing -w (and -b) does is to omit hunks wh=
ose
changes consist of _only whitespace changes_ and nothing else.

In your quoted example, you have changes other than whitespace changes,=
 so
it is unsurprising that you will see the whole change, together with yo=
ur
whitespace changes.