Compare source code

[Seebs]

On 2010-11-04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <slrnid0pgs.1028.usenet-nospam at guild.seebs.net>, Seebs wrote:
>> The answer is because whitespace changes (spaces to tabs, different
>> tab stops, etcetera) are an extremely common failure mode, such that
>> it's quite common for files to end up with unintentional whitespace
>> changes.

> Except the diff option is to *ignore* such differences, not highlight them.

Yes.  That's because those changes are irrelevant, so people don't
care about them, so they want an option to handle the common case where
whitespace got changed but no one cares about that.

But unintentional whitespace changes are common enough that you *need*
the ability to filter them out and just look at "real" changes.

-s
-- 
Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed.  Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam at seebs.net
http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!
I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions.