To show the changes between two commits in a git repository while ignoring whitespace, you can use the git diff command with the -w option. This option tells Git to ignore all whitespace when comparing the changes.
Here's the general syntax to compare two commits:
git diff -w <commit1> <commit2>
For example:
git diff -w abc1234 def5678
In this command:
- Replace abc1234 with the hash of the first commit you want to compare.
- Replace def5678 with the hash of the second commit you want to compare.
If you want to compare the latest commit (HEAD) with an earlier commit, you can do:
git diff -w <commit_hash> HEAD
Additionally, if you want to see changes in the staged changes compared to the last commit, you can do:
git diff -w --cached
And to compare the working directory with the staging area while ignoring whitespace, you can use:
git diff -w
Using -w is a useful way to focus on the logical changes in your code rather than formatting differences that could be introduced by spaces or tabs.