About this task
You can specify that Diff Merge ignore any differences that
occur in white space when it compares files. For example, white space might
be a space character or a tab character.
Procedure
- Click . The Properties window opens.
- Set or clear Ignore white space in comparison.
- To ignore differences in white space, set the option.
When comparing
and merging files, extra white space characters in text lines are ignored:
leading and trailing white space is ignored altogether; internal runs of white
space characters are treated like a single space character.
The
Status bar displays Ignore white space while that property
is set.
- To consider differences found in white space, clear it.
If Ignore white space in comparison is
set, the text in the merge panel title shows White space changes taken
from contributor #, where # is the number that identifies
the contributor.
- On Windows systems, if you set Ignore white space in
comparison and you are merging, the Take white space
changes from field is active. Select a contributor from which
white space changes are taken.
The contributor is used to fill
in the non-changed areas of the merge output file. If you do not specify a
contributor, the base contributor is used.
- Set or clear Save as preference to
change whether to save the Ignore white space in comparison setting
as a preference or use the setting for this session only.