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Differentiate changed line icon for whitespace only changes

Open etler opened this issue 8 years ago • 4 comments

When reformatting files, it can be a little confusing figuring out what lines have significant changes when there are major whitespace changes. Having a different icon for whitespace only changes would be very helpful in those cases.

Is this a feature that would be worth supporting in GitGutter? Also, what should the icon be? An unfilled outline of a square would probably be the most obvious.

etler avatar Nov 11 '15 19:11 etler

@etler, I don't think this is something that I care to work on myself, I rarely make significantly white space only changes enough to ever care. However, if someone proposed a clean solution that could be off by default and turned on via settings, I would probably merge it.

jisaacks avatar Nov 11 '15 19:11 jisaacks

Cool, I think I'll take a stab at it. I just wanted to check if there was interest in it so my effort wouldn't go to waste.

etler avatar Nov 11 '15 20:11 etler

Also, before you spend any effort, it might be worth checking to see if this setting helps you.

jisaacks avatar Nov 11 '15 20:11 jisaacks

Nice, thanks for pointing that out!

etler avatar Nov 11 '15 23:11 etler