undefined | Better HN

0 pointsWowfunhappy1y ago0 comments

> I agree this is terrible primarily because it muddles up any git-blame based workflow for debugging regressions.

...it occurs to me, this feels like you're conforming to the tool instead of the other way around.

Is there a reason git blame doesn't have an "ignore whitespace" option? Is it harder than it seems?

0 comments

I would think the issue is that if you format someone else's code, gitblame then sees you editing that code? Unless you can mark that commit as white space changes only somehow

senderista1y ago

You can tell `git blame` to ignore entire commits:

https://gist.github.com/kateinoigakukun/b0bc920e587851bfffa9...

mattnewton1y ago

It’s more than white space, autoformatters can change a lot, notable will often change line numbers by introducing or removing breaks

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse