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On 2 Dec 2002, Miles Bader wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
> > > some diff programs support -w and -b to ignore whitespace changes.
> > 
> > Yes, but then Patch could choke on such a diff.  So please don't.
> 
> It depends on whether the patch is intended for applying or for
> explanation.

Yes, of course.  But some people try to study the patch by applying it.

> I think in this case it was just intended to show the
> proposed changes.  Perhaps the safest thing is to send both patches --
> e.g. the `-wb' patch first for humans to read, and then the real patch
> as an attachment or something...

That would be nice, but it sounds like excessive requirement.