How to make git diff --ignore-space-change the default

Question

I could probably setup an alias, but it seems like I should be able to set this as an option in the config file, only I don\'t see anyway to do it.

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Answer 1

Old question (2011), but now there's a shortcut git diff -w which stands for --ignore-all-space

Ignore whitespace when comparing lines. This ignores differences even if one line has whitespace where the other line has none.