How to make git diff --ignore-space-change the default

git config git-config
boatcoder picture boatcoder · Sep 5, 2011 · Viewed 69.4k times · Source

I could probably setup an alias, but it seems like I should be able to set this as an option in the config file, only I don't see anyway to do it.

I only want the --ignore-space-change when I'm doing diff, not when I'm doing apply or anything else. I'm trying to make the diff easier to understand by not cluttering it with with extraneous +/- lines that have no real changes on them.

Answer

yjqg6666 picture yjqg6666 · Oct 24, 2012

You could use git alias or bash alias if you are using shell-available OS.

  1. git alias : Run this command to add alias:

    git config --global alias.dfw 'diff --ignore-space-change'

    --ignore-space-change can be abbreviated to -w
    to apply the alias using: git dfw

  2. bash alias : Run this command to add bash alias:

    echo "alias gitdfw='git diff --ignore-space-change'">>~/.profile

    Open a new terminal and you can directly run gitdfw to achieve the same.

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