Use word-diff view for markdown/prose

When working with markdown (or any type of prose/text in general), the "classic" git-diff (intended for code) is of limited use.

In the below example we can see how making a couple of changes is hard to track as the entire paragraph is shown twice

Conversely, in the below example we can see how much more efficiently changes are shown using word-diff

Since git natively offers a --word-diff for these cases, users should have a mechanism to toggle this mode.

Add an additional button Word-dff to the Inline/Side-by-side split button

It might be worthwhile considering to word-diff certain file extensions, such as .md, .txt etc. by default.

Classic Line-by-line code diff most likely is also the root cause behind this issue: #16713 (closed)

Edited Feb 02, 2021 by Nick Thomas