git apply: option to ignore whitespace differences
Introduce --ignore-whitespace option and corresponding config bool to
ignore whitespace differences while applying patches, akin to the
'patch' program.
'git am', 'git rebase' and the bash git completion are made aware of
this option.
Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 735374d..5ee8c91 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
[-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
+ [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ]
[--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
[--exclude=PATH] [--include=PATH] [--directory=<root>]
[--verbose] [<patch>...]
@@ -149,6 +150,14 @@
include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern
on the command line, and ignored if there is any include pattern.
+--ignore-space-change::
+--ignore-whitespace::
+ When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in context
+ lines if necessary.
+ Context lines will preserve their whitespace, and they will not
+ undergo whitespace fixing regardless of the value of the
+ `--whitespace` option. New lines will still be fixed, though.
+
--whitespace=<action>::
When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line that has
whitespace errors. What are considered whitespace errors is
@@ -205,6 +214,10 @@
Configuration
-------------
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+ Set to 'change' if you want changes in whitespace to be ignored by default.
+ Set to one of: no, none, never, false if you want changes in
+ whitespace to be significant.
apply.whitespace::
When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command
line, this configuration item is used as the default.
