Add whitespace change detection utility and integrate into PatchTree. Enhanced PatchTree to count line changes specifically for Source properties, distinguishing between total and whitespace-only changes. Updated theme colors for visual representation of whitespace changes in the UI.

plugin/src/App/Components/PatchVisualizer/DomLabel.lua

@@ -17,6 +17,40 @@ local ChangeList = require(script.Parent.ChangeList)
 local Tooltip = require(Plugin.App.Components.Tooltip)
 local ClassIcon = require(Plugin.App.Components.ClassIcon)
 
+local function ChangeTag(props)
+	return Theme.with(function(theme)
+		local tagColor = props.color or theme.SubTextColor
+		return e("Frame", {
+			Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 16),
+			AutomaticSize = Enum.AutomaticSize.X,
+			BackgroundColor3 = tagColor,
+			BackgroundTransparency = props.transparency:map(function(t)
+				return 0.85 + (0.15 * t)
+			end),
+			LayoutOrder = props.layoutOrder or 1,
+		}, {
+			Corner = e("UICorner", {
+				CornerRadius = UDim.new(0, 3),
+			}),
+			Padding = e("UIPadding", {
+				PaddingLeft = UDim.new(0, 5),
+				PaddingRight = UDim.new(0, 5),
+			}),
+			Label = e("TextLabel", {
+				Text = props.text,
+				BackgroundTransparency = 1,
+				FontFace = theme.Font.Thin,
+				TextSize = theme.TextSize.Small,
+				TextColor3 = tagColor,
+				TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Center,
+				TextTransparency = props.transparency,
+				Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 1, 0),
+				AutomaticSize = Enum.AutomaticSize.X,
+			}),
+		})
+	end)
+end
+
 local Expansion = Roact.Component:extend("Expansion")
 
 function Expansion:render()
@@ -247,30 +281,31 @@ function DomLabel:render()
 					SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.LayoutOrder,
 					Padding = UDim.new(0, 4),
 				}),
-				Edits = if props.changeInfo and props.changeInfo.edits
+				LinesTag = if props.changeInfo and props.changeInfo.lineChanges
-					then e("TextLabel", {
+					then e(ChangeTag, {
-						Text = props.changeInfo.edits .. if props.changeInfo.failed then "," else "",
+						text = (if props.changeInfo.isWhitespaceOnly then "Whitespace " else "Lines ")
-						BackgroundTransparency = 1,
+							.. (if props.changeInfo.lineChanges >= 10000 then "100+" else props.changeInfo.lineChanges),
-						FontFace = theme.Font.Thin,
+						color = if props.changeInfo.isWhitespaceOnly
-						TextSize = theme.TextSize.Body,
+							then theme.Diff.WhitespaceOnly
-						TextColor3 = theme.SubTextColor,
+							else theme.Diff.Changes,
-						TextTransparency = props.transparency,
+						transparency = props.transparency,
-						Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, theme.TextSize.Body),
+						layoutOrder = 1,
-						AutomaticSize = Enum.AutomaticSize.X,
+					})
-						LayoutOrder = 2,
+					else nil,
+				PropsTag = if props.changeInfo and props.changeInfo.propChanges
+					then e(ChangeTag, {
+						text = "Props " .. props.changeInfo.propChanges,
+						color = theme.Diff.Changes or theme.Diff.Background.Edit,
+						transparency = props.transparency,
+						layoutOrder = 2,
 					})
 					else nil,
 				Failed = if props.changeInfo and props.changeInfo.failed
-					then e("TextLabel", {
+					then e(ChangeTag, {
-						Text = props.changeInfo.failed,
+						text = "Failed " .. props.changeInfo.failed,
-						BackgroundTransparency = 1,
+						color = theme.Diff.Warning,
-						FontFace = theme.Font.Thin,
+						transparency = props.transparency,
-						TextSize = theme.TextSize.Body,
+						layoutOrder = 3,
-						TextColor3 = theme.Diff.Warning,
-						TextTransparency = props.transparency,
-						Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, theme.TextSize.Body),
-						AutomaticSize = Enum.AutomaticSize.X,
-						LayoutOrder = 6,
 					})
 					else nil,
 			}),

plugin/src/App/Theme.lua

@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ function StudioProvider:updateTheme()
 
 			Row = studioTheme:GetColor(Enum.StudioStyleGuideColor.BrightText),
 			Warning = studioTheme:GetColor(Enum.StudioStyleGuideColor.WarningText),
+			WhitespaceOnly = if isDark then Color3.fromRGB(140, 140, 140) else Color3.fromRGB(110, 110, 110),
+			Changes = if isDark then Color3.fromRGB(100, 140, 220) else Color3.fromRGB(40, 100, 180),
 
 			Background = {
 				-- Studio doesn't have good colors since their diffs use backgrounds, not text

plugin/src/PatchTree.lua

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ local Log = require(Packages.Log)
 
 local Timer = require(Plugin.Timer)
 local Types = require(Plugin.Types)
+local WhitespaceUtil = require(Plugin.WhitespaceUtil)
 local decodeValue = require(Plugin.Reconciler.decodeValue)
 local getProperty = require(Plugin.Reconciler.getProperty)
 
@@ -237,13 +238,16 @@ function PatchTree.build(patch, instanceMap, changeListHeaders)
 
 		-- Gather detail text
 		local changeList, changeInfo = nil, nil
+		local totalLineChanges = 0
+		local whitespaceLineChanges = 0
+		local hasSourceChange = false
 		if next(change.changedProperties) or change.changedName then
 			changeList = {}
 
 			local changeIndex = 0
-			local function addProp(prop: string, current: any?, incoming: any?, metadata: any?)
+			local function addProp(prop: string, current: any?, incoming: any?)
 				changeIndex += 1
-				changeList[changeIndex] = { prop, current, incoming, metadata }
+				changeList[changeIndex] = { prop, current, incoming }
 			end
 
 			-- Gather the changes
@@ -256,6 +260,12 @@ function PatchTree.build(patch, instanceMap, changeListHeaders)
 				local incomingSuccess, incomingValue = decodeValue(incoming, instanceMap)
 				local currentSuccess, currentValue = getProperty(instance, prop)
 
+				-- Check if this is a Source property - count line differences
+				if prop == "Source" and currentSuccess and incomingSuccess then
+					hasSourceChange = true
+					totalLineChanges, whitespaceLineChanges = WhitespaceUtil.CountLineDifferences(currentValue, incomingValue)
+				end
+
 				addProp(
 					prop,
 					if currentSuccess then currentValue else "[Error]",
@@ -263,8 +273,15 @@ function PatchTree.build(patch, instanceMap, changeListHeaders)
 				)
 			end
 
+			-- Count non-Source property changes
+			local propCount = changeIndex - (if hasSourceChange then 1 else 0)
+
 			changeInfo = {
-				edits = changeIndex,
+				-- Line changes for Source (nil if no Source change)
+				lineChanges = if hasSourceChange and totalLineChanges > 0 then totalLineChanges else nil,
+				isWhitespaceOnly = hasSourceChange and totalLineChanges > 0 and totalLineChanges == whitespaceLineChanges,
+				-- Property changes (non-Source: Name, Attributes, etc.)
+				propChanges = if propCount > 0 then propCount else nil,
 			}
 
 			-- Sort changes and add header

plugin/src/WhitespaceUtil.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+--[[
+	Utility for detecting whitespace-only changes in source code.
+]]
+
+local WhitespaceUtil = {}
+
+local function SplitLines(str: string): { string }
+	local lines = {}
+	for line in string.gmatch(str .. "\n", "([^\n]*)\n") do
+		table.insert(lines, line)
+	end
+	return lines
+end
+
+local function NormalizeLine(line: string): string
+	return string.gsub(string.gsub(line, "\r+$", ""), "[ \t]+$", "")
+end
+
+-- Counts lines that differ between two strings (capped at 100)
+-- Returns: totalDiff, whitespaceDiff (lines that only differ in whitespace)
+-- Returns 10000, 10000 if exceeds 100 (frontend displays as "100+")
+function WhitespaceUtil.CountLineDifferences(current: string, incoming: string): (number, number)
+	if type(current) ~= "string" or type(incoming) ~= "string" then
+		return 0, 0
+	end
+
+	local currentLines = SplitLines(current)
+	local incomingLines = SplitLines(incoming)
+	local maxLines = math.max(#currentLines, #incomingLines)
+
+	local totalDiff, whitespaceDiff = 0, 0
+	for i = 1, maxLines do
+		local currentLine = currentLines[i] or ""
+		local incomingLine = incomingLines[i] or ""
+
+		if currentLine ~= incomingLine then
+			totalDiff += 1
+			if NormalizeLine(currentLine) == NormalizeLine(incomingLine) then
+				whitespaceDiff += 1
+			end
+			if totalDiff > 100 then
+				return 10000, 10000
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	return totalDiff, whitespaceDiff
+end
+
+return WhitespaceUtil