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<h3 id="_checking_whitespace_errors">Checking whitespace errors</h3>
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<h4 id="__code_whitespace_code"><code>whitespace</code></h4>
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<p>The <code>core.whitespace</code> configuration variable allows you to define what
<em>diff</em> and <em>apply</em> should consider whitespace errors for all paths in
the project (See linkgit:git-config[1]).  This attribute gives you finer
control per path.</p>
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<dt class="hdlist1">Set</dt>