diff.c: offer config option to control ws handling in move detection

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: stefanbeller

Documentation/config.txt

@@ -1122,6 +1122,11 @@ diff.colorMoved::
 	true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
 	moved lines are not colored.
 
+diff.colorMovedWS::
+	When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting,
+	this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated
+	for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1].
+
 color.diff.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for diff colorization.  `<slot>` specifies
 	which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one

Documentation/diff-options.txt

@@ -294,8 +294,11 @@ dimmed_zebra::
 
 --color-moved-ws=<modes>::
 	This configures how white spaces are ignored when performing the
-	move detection for `--color-moved`. These modes can be given
-	as a comma separated list:
+	move detection for `--color-moved`.
+ifdef::git-diff[]
+	It can be set by the `diff.colorMovedWS` configuration setting.
+endif::git-diff[]
+	These modes can be given as a comma separated list:
 +
 --
 ignore-space-at-eol::

diff.c

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static int diff_rename_limit_default = 400;
 static int diff_suppress_blank_empty;
 static int diff_use_color_default = -1;
 static int diff_color_moved_default;
+static int diff_color_moved_ws_default;
 static int diff_context_default = 3;
 static int diff_interhunk_context_default;
 static const char *diff_word_regex_cfg;
@@ -332,6 +333,13 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		diff_color_moved_default = cm;
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.colormovedws")) {
+		int cm = parse_color_moved_ws(value);
+		if (cm < 0)
+			return -1;
+		diff_color_moved_ws_default = cm;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.context")) {
 		diff_context_default = git_config_int(var, value);
 		if (diff_context_default < 0)
@@ -4327,6 +4335,7 @@ void diff_setup(struct diff_options *options)
 	}
 
 	options->color_moved = diff_color_moved_default;
+	options->color_moved_ws_handling = diff_color_moved_ws_default;
 }
 
 void diff_setup_done(struct diff_options *options)