Description Cassio 2009-10-22 09:04:03 EDT

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Build Identifier: 20090621-0832

My suggestion is to have an option to format code before comparisons. I do maintenance in legacy systems, and all code that needs to be changed is formatted before saving to as an attempt to standardize that old code. When we will proceed with the merges, the files are so different because of the formatting that we can't see exactly what was changed. This way, being able to format the code before comparing would point us only what was in fact changed. Of course this formatting won't be saved on files; it will be used only to make comparison easier. Also, this can be a option of format configuration, allowing people to toggle this feature on/off. Thanks for your time.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Pick up an unformatted code
2. Change something in it and format before saving
3. Compare with a previous version