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 Edit > Properties. 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.