# Codemirror Diff - Ignore Whitespaces

**URL:** <https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 5, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148 "2015-02-05T21:40:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kunalkhosla](https://discuss.codemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kunalkhosla](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/kunalkhosla)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148/1 "2015-02-05T21:40:33Z")

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Is there a way we can ignore the whitespaces in the Codemirror diffing tool?

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**Author:** ![marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/user_avatar/discuss.codemirror.net/marijn/32/136_2.png) [@marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/marijn)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148/2 "2015-02-09T21:25:49Z")

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No, such a thing does not currently exist (and would probably be non-trivial to implement, since the current merge addon assumes unchanged chunks are char-for-char identical in a few places).

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**Author:** ![kunalkhosla](https://discuss.codemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kunalkhosla](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/kunalkhosla)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148/3 "2015-02-09T21:40:21Z")

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Thank you!

Would you know how can I request this enhancement? Is there a ticketing queue I can add this list to?

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**Author:** ![marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/user_avatar/discuss.codemirror.net/marijn/32/136_2.png) [@marijn](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/marijn)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148/4 "2015-02-09T22:04:04Z")

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Nope. If you report bugs, there’s a good chance they’ll get fixed, as if by magic, by your friendly, conscientious maintainer. Feature requests however, unless they are trivial, require cold hard cash to get anywhere. In other words, you could [email me](mailto:marijnh@gmail.com) to discuss a consulting arrangement.

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**Author:** ![kunalkhosla](https://discuss.codemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kunalkhosla](https://discuss.codemirror.net/u/kunalkhosla)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.codemirror.net/t/codemirror-diff-ignore-whitespaces/148/5 "2015-02-09T22:16:10Z")

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Thanks for the clarification.