Allow whitespace changes to be ignored

[GoogleCodeExporter]

it would be very useful to be able to show the diff with whitespace changes
ignored.

For example, if the diff involves a block of code being indented, the
entire block is shown as being removed and added, which makes it difficult
to spot any actual changes to the code in the block.

This is equivalent to diff -wB.

I'm not sure if this is outside the scope of what this extension is
intented to do, but I would find it extremely useful. :)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 22 Aug 2008 at 6:57

[GoogleCodeExporter]

No, it's not outside of scope, that's for sure. I actually was planning to add 
an
ability to calculate difference between lines and all the kudos that will be
implemented through that (ignoring whitespaces included) but then got really 
busy and
didn't make it :( There's also issue with parsing speed, it's slow now and 
would be
much slower with those features.
So I can't guarantee to make it soon but one day it will be done. I hope in 
couple of
months.

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Aug 2008 at 4:47

• Changed state: Accepted

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Original comment by [email protected] on 27 Jan 2009 at 6:03

• Added labels: Milestone-Release1.0