how to make svn diff show only non-whitespace line changes between two revisions

Question

I can get diffs between two revisions using something like

svn diff -r 100:200 > file.diff

But the problem is that there are many lines that show up due to change in whitespace. Is there a way to only write those lines that actually change in a significant way and not just in whitespace?

Answer 1

You can use an alternate diff command using the --diff-cmd argument for svn diff. diff is a good utility that has plenty of features for ignoring whitespace.

Answer 2

You can use

svn diff -r 100:200 -x -b > file.diff

HTH

Answer 3

Use "-x --ignore-space-change" or "-x --ignore-all-space" (see svn -h diff)