✨ facilitate toggling whitespace in the diff view with a hotkey (c-w by default)

pkg/commands/files.go

@@ -189,17 +189,18 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Ignore(filename string) error {
 }
 
 // WorktreeFileDiff returns the diff of a file
-func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiff(file *models.File, plain bool, cached bool) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiff(file *models.File, plain bool, cached bool, ignoreWhitespace bool) string {
 	// for now we assume an error means the file was deleted
-	s, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(c.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file, plain, cached))
+	s, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(c.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file, plain, cached, ignoreWhitespace))
 	return s
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node models.IFile, plain bool, cached bool) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node models.IFile, plain bool, cached bool, ignoreWhitespace bool) string {
 	cachedArg := ""
 	trackedArg := "--"
 	colorArg := c.colorArg()
 	path := c.OSCommand.Quote(node.GetPath())
+	ignoreWhitespaceArg := ""
 	if cached {
 		cachedArg = "--cached"
 	}
@@ -209,8 +210,11 @@ func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node models.IFile, plain bool, cache
 	if plain {
 		colorArg = "never"
 	}
+	if ignoreWhitespace {
+		ignoreWhitespaceArg = "-w"
+	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --color=%s %s %s %s", colorArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, path)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --color=%s %s %s %s %s", colorArg, ignoreWhitespaceArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, path)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ApplyPatch(patch string, flags ...string) error {

pkg/config/user_config.go

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ type KeybindingUniversalConfig struct {
 	SubmitEditorText             string `yaml:"submitEditorText"`
 	AppendNewline                string `yaml:"appendNewline"`
 	ExtrasMenu                   string `yaml:"extrasMenu"`
+	ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView   string `yaml:"toggleWhitespaceInDiffView"`
 }
 
 type KeybindingStatusConfig struct {
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *UserConfig {
 				SubmitEditorText:             "<enter>",
 				AppendNewline:                "<a-enter>",
 				ExtrasMenu:                   "@",
+				ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView:   "<c-w>",
 			},
 			Status: KeybindingStatusConfig{
 				CheckForUpdate:      "u",

pkg/gui/files_panel.go

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) selectFile(alreadySelected bool) error {
 		return gui.refreshMergePanelWithLock()
 	}
 
-	cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node, false, !node.GetHasUnstagedChanges() && node.GetHasStagedChanges())
+	cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node, false, !node.GetHasUnstagedChanges() && node.GetHasStagedChanges(), gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
 	cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
 
 	refreshOpts := refreshMainOpts{main: &viewUpdateOpts{
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) selectFile(alreadySelected bool) error {
 
 	if node.GetHasUnstagedChanges() {
 		if node.GetHasStagedChanges() {
-			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node, false, true)
+			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node, false, true, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
 			cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
 
 			refreshOpts.secondary = &viewUpdateOpts{

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ type guiState struct {
 	// do this whenever we switch back and forth between repos to get the views
 	// back in sync with the repo state
 	ViewsSetup bool
+
+	// flag as to whether or not the diff view should ignore whitespace
+	IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView bool
 }
 
 // reuseState determines if we pull the repo state from our repo state map or

pkg/gui/keybindings.go

@@ -1719,6 +1719,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) GetInitialKeybindings() []*Binding {
 			Description: gui.Tr.LcViewBulkSubmoduleOptions,
 			OpensMenu:   true,
 		},
+		{
+			ViewName: 	 "files",
+			Contexts: 	 []string{string(FILES_CONTEXT_KEY)},
+			Key:      	 gui.getKey(config.Universal.ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView),
+			Handler:  	 gui.toggleWhitespaceInDiffView,
+			Description: gui.Tr.ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView,
+		},
 		{
 			ViewName: "extras",
 			Key:      gocui.MouseWheelUp,

pkg/gui/quitting.go

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleQuitWithoutChangingDirectory() error {
 	return gui.quit()
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) toggleWhitespaceInDiffView() error {
+	gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView = !gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView
+	return gui.refreshFilesAndSubmodules()
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) handleQuit() error {
 	gui.State.RetainOriginalDir = false
 	return gui.quit()

pkg/gui/staging_panel.go

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshStagingPanel(forceSecondaryFocused bool, selectedLineIdx
 	}
 
 	// note for custom diffs, we'll need to send a flag here saying not to use the custom diff
-	diff := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiff(file, true, secondaryFocused)
+	diff := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiff(file, true, secondaryFocused, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
-	secondaryDiff := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiff(file, true, !secondaryFocused)
+	secondaryDiff := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiff(file, true, !secondaryFocused, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
 
 	// if we have e.g. a deleted file with nothing else to the diff will have only
 	// 4-5 lines in which case we'll swap panels

pkg/gui/submodules_panel.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleSubmoduleSelect() error {
 		if file == nil {
 			task = NewRenderStringTask(prefix)
 		} else {
-			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file, false, !file.HasUnstagedChanges && file.HasStagedChanges)
+			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file, false, !file.HasUnstagedChanges && file.HasStagedChanges, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
 			cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
 			task = NewRunCommandTaskWithPrefix(cmd, prefix)
 		}

pkg/i18n/english.go

@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	CommandLogHeader                    string
 	RandomTip                           string
 	SelectParentCommitForMerge          string
+	ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView          string
 	Spans                               Spans
 }
 
@@ -995,6 +996,7 @@ func englishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		CommandLogHeader:                    "You can hide/focus this panel by pressing '%s' or hide it permanently in your config with `gui.showCommandLog: false`\n",
 		RandomTip:                           "Random Tip",
 		SelectParentCommitForMerge:          "Select parent commit for merge",
+		ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView:          "Toggle whether or not whitespace changes are shown in the diff view",
 		Spans: Spans{
 			// TODO: combine this with the original keybinding descriptions (those are all in lowercase atm)
 			CheckoutCommit:                    "Checkout commit",