Add URL parameter 'ignorews' for optionally ignoring whitespace in diffs

The new ctx.qry.ignorews variable is passed via cgit_diff_files() and
cgit_diff_tree() to Git's diff machinery. This is equivalent to passing
--ignore-all-space to 'git diff'.

Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>

6 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index e9bafb5..9452884 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -254,2 +254,4 @@ static void querystring_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.qry.context = atoi(value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(name, "ignorews")) {
+		ctx.qry.ignorews = atoi(value);
 	}
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index bb8f598..1bdfbc6 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -148,2 +148,3 @@ struct cgit_query {
 	int context;
+	int ignorews;
 	char *vpath;
@@ -277,3 +278,4 @@ extern int cgit_diff_files(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 			   unsigned long *old_size, unsigned long *new_size,
-			   int *binary, int context, linediff_fn fn);
+			   int *binary, int context, int ignorews,
+			   linediff_fn fn);
 
@@ -281,3 +283,3 @@ extern void cgit_diff_tree(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 			   const unsigned char *new_sha1,
-			   filepair_fn fn, const char *prefix);
+			   filepair_fn fn, const char *prefix, int ignorews);
 
diff --git a/shared.c b/shared.c
index 7cf1e59..d0973ab 100644
--- a/shared.c
+++ b/shared.c
@@ -265,3 +265,3 @@ int cgit_diff_files(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 		    unsigned long *new_size, int *binary, int context,
-		    linediff_fn fn)
+		    int ignorews, linediff_fn fn)
 {
@@ -288,2 +288,4 @@ int cgit_diff_files(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 	diff_params.flags = XDF_NEED_MINIMAL;
+	if (ignorews)
+		diff_params.flags |= XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE;
 	emit_params.ctxlen = context > 0 ? context : 3;
@@ -298,3 +300,3 @@ void cgit_diff_tree(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 		    const unsigned char *new_sha1,
-		    filepair_fn fn, const char *prefix)
+		    filepair_fn fn, const char *prefix, int ignorews)
 {
@@ -309,2 +311,4 @@ void cgit_diff_tree(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 	DIFF_OPT_SET(&opt, RECURSIVE);
+	if (ignorews)
+		DIFF_XDL_SET(&opt, IGNORE_WHITESPACE);
 	opt.format_callback = cgit_diff_tree_cb;
@@ -333,3 +337,4 @@ void cgit_diff_commit(struct commit *commit, filepair_fn fn)
 		old_sha1 = commit->parents->item->object.sha1;
-	cgit_diff_tree(old_sha1, commit->object.sha1, fn, NULL);
+	cgit_diff_tree(old_sha1, commit->object.sha1, fn, NULL,
+		       ctx.qry.ignorews);
 }
diff --git a/ui-diff.c b/ui-diff.c
index e0a72f7..1656b77 100644
--- a/ui-diff.c
+++ b/ui-diff.c
@@ -129,3 +129,3 @@ static void inspect_filepair(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 	cgit_diff_files(pair->one->sha1, pair->two->sha1, &old_size, &new_size,
-			&binary, 0, count_diff_lines);
+			&binary, 0, ctx.qry.ignorews, count_diff_lines);
 	if (files >= slots) {
@@ -176,3 +176,4 @@ void cgit_print_diffstat(const unsigned char *old_sha1,
 	max_changes = 0;
-	cgit_diff_tree(old_sha1, new_sha1, inspect_filepair, prefix);
+	cgit_diff_tree(old_sha1, new_sha1, inspect_filepair, prefix,
+		       ctx.qry.ignorews);
 	for(i = 0; i<files; i++)
@@ -298,3 +299,4 @@ static void filepair_cb(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 	if (cgit_diff_files(pair->one->sha1, pair->two->sha1, &old_size,
-			    &new_size, &binary, ctx.qry.context, print_line_fn))
+			    &new_size, &binary, ctx.qry.context,
+			    ctx.qry.ignorews, print_line_fn))
 		cgit_print_error("Error running diff");
@@ -358,3 +360,4 @@ void cgit_print_diff(const char *new_rev, const char *old_rev, const char *prefi
 	}
-	cgit_diff_tree(old_rev_sha1, new_rev_sha1, filepair_cb, prefix);
+	cgit_diff_tree(old_rev_sha1, new_rev_sha1, filepair_cb, prefix,
+		       ctx.qry.ignorews);
 	if (!use_ssdiff)
diff --git a/ui-log.c b/ui-log.c
index 5eb5c81..354ee08 100644
--- a/ui-log.c
+++ b/ui-log.c
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ void inspect_files(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 		cgit_diff_files(pair->one->sha1, pair->two->sha1, &old_size,
-				&new_size, &binary, 0, count_lines);
+				&new_size, &binary, 0, ctx.qry.ignorews,
+				count_lines);
 }
diff --git a/ui-patch.c b/ui-patch.c
index d13104c..ca008f3 100644
--- a/ui-patch.c
+++ b/ui-patch.c
@@ -73,3 +73,3 @@ static void filepair_cb(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 	if (cgit_diff_files(pair->one->sha1, pair->two->sha1, &old_size,
-			    &new_size, &binary, 0, print_line))
+			    &new_size, &binary, 0, 0, print_line))
 		html("Error running diff");
@@ -126,3 +126,3 @@ void cgit_print_patch(char *hex, const char *prefix)
 		htmlf("(limited to '%s')\n\n", prefix);
-	cgit_diff_tree(old_sha1, sha1, filepair_cb, prefix);
+	cgit_diff_tree(old_sha1, sha1, filepair_cb, prefix, 0);
 	html("--\n");