@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agoHow far should a programming language aware diff go?semanticdiff.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: programming
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow far should a programming language aware diff go?semanticdiff.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: programming
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•4 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.