1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 15b3d07349..49d2b427e5 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -439,6 +439,11 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "core.whitespace")) {
+		whitespace_rule_cfg = parse_whitespace_rule(value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Add other config variables here and to Documentation/config.txt. */
 	return 0;
 }