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 ### Internet
 
 - [Add Emoji To GitHub Repository Description](internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md)
+- [Exclude Whitespace From GitHub Diffs](internet/exclude-whitespace-from-github-diffs.md)
 
 ### JavaScript
 

internet/exclude-whitespace-from-github-diffs.md

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+# Exclude Whitespace From GitHub Diffs
+
+If you run a tidy ship and use plugins like
+[vim-spacejam](https://github.com/rondale-sc/vim-spacejam), then whitespace
+changes cluttering up your git diffs probably isn't much of an issue.
+
+However, if you are working with other people or messier code bases, then
+you may not be so lucky. If there are a bunch of whitespace changes in a
+commit, then that is going to make the diff view of a commit on GitHub
+annoying, and perhaps hard, to read.
+
+You can cut to the chase by excluding whitespace changes from GitHub's diff
+view by adding `w=1` to the diff URL.
+
+Check out [this view of the
+diff](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/commit/fad58dfda91e61972b3c28e7e967bb631140e71e)
+and then [this view of the diff that excludes
+whitespace](https://github.com/jbranchaud/dotfiles/commit/fad58dfda91e61972b3c28e7e967bb631140e71e?w=1).
+
+[source](https://twitter.com/ablwr/status/789141645098938368)