diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
index 442caff8a9..1d15fa45d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ git-patch-id - Compute unique ID for a patch
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git patch-id' [--stable | --unstable]
+'git patch-id' [--stable | --unstable | --verbatim]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Read a patch from the standard input and compute the patch ID for it.
 
 A "patch ID" is nothing but a sum of SHA-1 of the file diffs associated with a
-patch, with whitespace and line numbers ignored.  As such, it's "reasonably
-stable", but at the same time also reasonably unique, i.e., two patches that
-have the same "patch ID" are almost guaranteed to be the same thing.
+patch, with line numbers ignored.  As such, it's "reasonably stable", but at
+the same time also reasonably unique, i.e., two patches that have the same
+"patch ID" are almost guaranteed to be the same thing.
 
-IOW, you can use this thing to look for likely duplicate commits.
+The main usecase for this command is to look for likely duplicate commits.
 
 When dealing with 'git diff-tree' output, it takes advantage of
 the fact that the patch is prefixed with the object name of the
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ This can be used to make a mapping from patch ID to commit ID.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
+--verbatim::
+	Calculate the patch-id of the input as it is given, do not strip
+	any whitespace.
+
+	This is the default if patchid.verbatim is true.
+
 --stable::
 	Use a "stable" sum of hashes as the patch ID. With this option:
 	 - Reordering file diffs that make up a patch does not affect the ID.
@@ -45,14 +51,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	   of "-O<orderfile>", thereby making existing databases storing such
 	   "unstable" or historical patch-ids unusable.
 
+	 - All whitespace within the patch is ignored and does not affect the id.
+
 	This is the default if patchid.stable is set to true.
 
 --unstable::
 	Use an "unstable" hash as the patch ID. With this option,
 	the result produced is compatible with the patch-id value produced
-	by git 1.9 and older.  Users with pre-existing databases storing
-	patch-ids produced by git 1.9 and older (who do not deal with reordered
-	patches) may want to use this option.
+	by git 1.9 and older and whitespace is ignored.  Users with pre-existing
+	databases storing patch-ids produced by git 1.9 and older (who do not deal
+	with reordered patches) may want to use this option.
 
 	This is the default.
 
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index ee19dc5d45..e72869afb3 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void prepare_bases(struct base_tree_info *bases,
 		struct object_id *patch_id;
 		if (*commit_base_at(&commit_base, commit))
 			continue;
-		if (commit_patch_id(commit, &diffopt, &oid, 0, 1))
+		if (commit_patch_id(commit, &diffopt, &oid, 0))
 			die(_("cannot get patch id"));
 		ALLOC_GROW(bases->patch_id, bases->nr_patch_id + 1, bases->alloc_patch_id);
 		patch_id = bases->patch_id + bases->nr_patch_id;
diff --git a/builtin/patch-id.c b/builtin/patch-id.c
index 881fcf3273..f840fbf1c7 100644
--- a/builtin/patch-id.c
+++ b/builtin/patch-id.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "diff.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
 
 static void flush_current_id(int patchlen, struct object_id *id, struct object_id *result)
 {
@@ -57,10 +58,12 @@ static int scan_hunk_header(const char *p, int *p_before, int *p_after)
 }
 
 static int get_one_patchid(struct object_id *next_oid, struct object_id *result,
-			   struct strbuf *line_buf, int stable)
+			   struct strbuf *line_buf, int stable, int verbatim)
 {
 	int patchlen = 0, found_next = 0;
 	int before = -1, after = -1;
+	int diff_is_binary = 0;
+	char pre_oid_str[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1], post_oid_str[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	git_hash_ctx ctx;
 
 	the_hash_algo->init_fn(&ctx);
@@ -71,11 +74,14 @@ static int get_one_patchid(struct object_id *next_oid, struct object_id *result,
 		const char *p = line;
 		int len;
 
-		if (!skip_prefix(line, "diff-tree ", &p) &&
-		    !skip_prefix(line, "commit ", &p) &&
+		/* Possibly skip over the prefix added by "log" or "format-patch" */
+		if (!skip_prefix(line, "commit ", &p) &&
 		    !skip_prefix(line, "From ", &p) &&
-		    starts_with(line, "\\ ") && 12 < strlen(line))
+		    starts_with(line, "\\ ") && 12 < strlen(line)) {
+			if (verbatim)
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, line, strlen(line));
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (!get_oid_hex(p, next_oid)) {
 			found_next = 1;
@@ -88,14 +94,44 @@ static int get_one_patchid(struct object_id *next_oid, struct object_id *result,
 
 		/* Parsing diff header?  */
 		if (before == -1) {
-			if (starts_with(line, "index "))
+			if (starts_with(line, "GIT binary patch") ||
+			    starts_with(line, "Binary files")) {
+				diff_is_binary = 1;
+				before = 0;
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, pre_oid_str,
+							 strlen(pre_oid_str));
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, post_oid_str,
+							 strlen(post_oid_str));
+				if (stable)
+					flush_one_hunk(result, &ctx);
 				continue;
-			else if (starts_with(line, "--- "))
+			} else if (skip_prefix(line, "index ", &p)) {
+				char *oid1_end = strstr(line, "..");
+				char *oid2_end = NULL;
+				if (oid1_end)
+					oid2_end = strstr(oid1_end, " ");
+				if (!oid2_end)
+					oid2_end = line + strlen(line) - 1;
+				if (oid1_end != NULL && oid2_end != NULL) {
+					*oid1_end = *oid2_end = '\0';
+					strlcpy(pre_oid_str, p, GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1);
+					strlcpy(post_oid_str, oid1_end + 2, GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1);
+				}
+				continue;
+			} else if (starts_with(line, "--- "))
 				before = after = 1;
 			else if (!isalpha(line[0]))
 				break;
 		}
 
+		if (diff_is_binary) {
+			if (starts_with(line, "diff ")) {
+				diff_is_binary = 0;
+				before = -1;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* Looking for a valid hunk header?  */
 		if (before == 0 && after == 0) {
 			if (starts_with(line, "@@ -")) {
@@ -120,8 +156,8 @@ static int get_one_patchid(struct object_id *next_oid, struct object_id *result,
 		if (line[0] == '+' || line[0] == ' ')
 			after--;
 
-		/* Compute the sha without whitespace */
-		len = remove_space(line);
+		/* Add line to hash algo (possibly removing whitespace) */
+		len = verbatim ? strlen(line) : remove_space(line);
 		patchlen += len;
 		the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, line, len);
 	}
@@ -134,7 +170,7 @@ static int get_one_patchid(struct object_id *next_oid, struct object_id *result,
 	return patchlen;
 }
 
-static void generate_id_list(int stable)
+static void generate_id_list(int stable, int verbatim)
 {
 	struct object_id oid, n, result;
 	int patchlen;
@@ -142,21 +178,32 @@ static void generate_id_list(int stable)
 
 	oidclr(&oid);
 	while (!feof(stdin)) {
-		patchlen = get_one_patchid(&n, &result, &line_buf, stable);
+		patchlen = get_one_patchid(&n, &result, &line_buf, stable, verbatim);
 		flush_current_id(patchlen, &oid, &result);
 		oidcpy(&oid, &n);
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&line_buf);
 }
 
-static const char patch_id_usage[] = "git patch-id [--stable | --unstable]";
+static const char *const patch_id_usage[] = {
+	N_("git patch-id [--stable | --unstable | --verbatim]"), NULL
+};
+
+struct patch_id_opts {
+	int stable;
+	int verbatim;
+};
 
 static int git_patch_id_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	int *stable = cb;
+	struct patch_id_opts *opts = cb;
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "patchid.stable")) {
-		*stable = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		opts->stable = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "patchid.verbatim")) {
+		opts->verbatim = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -165,21 +212,29 @@ static int git_patch_id_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 
 int cmd_patch_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int stable = -1;
+	/* if nothing is set, default to unstable */
+	struct patch_id_opts config = {0, 0};
+	int opts = 0;
+	struct option builtin_patch_id_options[] = {
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "unstable", &opts,
+		    N_("use the unstable patch-id algorithm"), 1),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "stable", &opts,
+		    N_("use the stable patch-id algorithm"), 2),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "verbatim", &opts,
+			N_("don't strip whitespace from the patch"), 3),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
 
-	git_config(git_patch_id_config, &stable);
+	git_config(git_patch_id_config, &config);
 
-	/* If nothing is set, default to unstable. */
-	if (stable < 0)
-		stable = 0;
+	/* verbatim implies stable */
+	if (config.verbatim)
+		config.stable = 1;
 
-	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--stable"))
-		stable = 1;
-	else if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--unstable"))
-		stable = 0;
-	else if (argc != 1)
-		usage(patch_id_usage);
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_patch_id_options,
+			     patch_id_usage, 0);
 
-	generate_id_list(stable);
+	generate_id_list(opts ? opts > 1 : config.stable,
+			 opts ? opts == 3 : config.verbatim);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 285d6e2d57..35e46dd968 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -6229,7 +6229,7 @@ static void patch_id_add_mode(git_hash_ctx *ctx, unsigned mode)
 }
 
 /* returns 0 upon success, and writes result into oid */
-static int diff_get_patch_id(struct diff_options *options, struct object_id *oid, int diff_header_only, int stable)
+static int diff_get_patch_id(struct diff_options *options, struct object_id *oid, int diff_header_only)
 {
 	struct diff_queue_struct *q = &diff_queued_diff;
 	int i;
@@ -6276,61 +6276,62 @@ static int diff_get_patch_id(struct diff_options *options, struct object_id *oid
 		if (p->one->mode == 0) {
 			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "newfilemode");
 			patch_id_add_mode(&ctx, p->two->mode);
-			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "---/dev/null");
-			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "+++b/");
-			the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->two->path, len2);
 		} else if (p->two->mode == 0) {
 			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "deletedfilemode");
 			patch_id_add_mode(&ctx, p->one->mode);
-			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "---a/");
-			the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->one->path, len1);
-			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "+++/dev/null");
-		} else {
-			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "---a/");
-			the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->one->path, len1);
-			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "+++b/");
-			the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->two->path, len2);
+		} else if (p->one->mode != p->two->mode) {
+			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "oldmode");
+			patch_id_add_mode(&ctx, p->one->mode);
+			patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "newmode");
+			patch_id_add_mode(&ctx, p->two->mode);
 		}
 
-		if (diff_header_only)
-			continue;
-
-		if (fill_mmfile(options->repo, &mf1, p->one) < 0 ||
-		    fill_mmfile(options->repo, &mf2, p->two) < 0)
-			return error("unable to read files to diff");
-
-		if (diff_filespec_is_binary(options->repo, p->one) ||
+		if (diff_header_only) {
+			/* don't do anything since we're only populating header info */
+		} else if (diff_filespec_is_binary(options->repo, p->one) ||
 		    diff_filespec_is_binary(options->repo, p->two)) {
 			the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, oid_to_hex(&p->one->oid),
 					the_hash_algo->hexsz);
 			the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, oid_to_hex(&p->two->oid),
 					the_hash_algo->hexsz);
-			continue;
+		} else {
+			if (p->one->mode == 0) {
+				patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "---/dev/null");
+				patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "+++b/");
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->two->path, len2);
+			} else if (p->two->mode == 0) {
+				patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "---a/");
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->one->path, len1);
+				patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "+++/dev/null");
+			} else {
+				patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "---a/");
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->one->path, len1);
+				patch_id_add_string(&ctx, "+++b/");
+				the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, p->two->path, len2);
+			}
+
+			if (fill_mmfile(options->repo, &mf1, p->one) < 0 ||
+			    fill_mmfile(options->repo, &mf2, p->two) < 0)
+				return error("unable to read files to diff");
+			xpp.flags = 0;
+			xecfg.ctxlen = 3;
+			xecfg.flags = XDL_EMIT_NO_HUNK_HDR;
+			if (xdi_diff_outf(&mf1, &mf2, NULL,
+					  patch_id_consume, &data, &xpp, &xecfg))
+				return error("unable to generate patch-id diff for %s",
+					     p->one->path);
 		}
-
-		xpp.flags = 0;
-		xecfg.ctxlen = 3;
-		xecfg.flags = XDL_EMIT_NO_HUNK_HDR;
-		if (xdi_diff_outf(&mf1, &mf2, NULL,
-				  patch_id_consume, &data, &xpp, &xecfg))
-			return error("unable to generate patch-id diff for %s",
-				     p->one->path);
-
-		if (stable)
-			flush_one_hunk(oid, &ctx);
+		flush_one_hunk(oid, &ctx);
 	}
 
-	if (!stable)
-		the_hash_algo->final_oid_fn(oid, &ctx);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int diff_flush_patch_id(struct diff_options *options, struct object_id *oid, int diff_header_only, int stable)
+int diff_flush_patch_id(struct diff_options *options, struct object_id *oid, int diff_header_only)
 {
 	struct diff_queue_struct *q = &diff_queued_diff;
 	int i;
-	int result = diff_get_patch_id(options, oid, diff_header_only, stable);
+	int result = diff_get_patch_id(options, oid, diff_header_only);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++)
 		diff_free_filepair(q->queue[i]);
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index 8ae18e5ab1..fd33caeb25 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ int run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option);
 int run_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option);
 
 int do_diff_cache(const struct object_id *, struct diff_options *);
-int diff_flush_patch_id(struct diff_options *, struct object_id *, int, int);
+int diff_flush_patch_id(struct diff_options *, struct object_id *, int);
 void flush_one_hunk(struct object_id *result, git_hash_ctx *ctx);
 
 int diff_result_code(struct diff_options *, int);
diff --git a/patch-ids.c b/patch-ids.c
index 46c6a8f3ea..3153446626 100644
--- a/patch-ids.c
+++ b/patch-ids.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static int patch_id_defined(struct commit *commit)
 }
 
 int commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct diff_options *options,
-		    struct object_id *oid, int diff_header_only, int stable)
+		    struct object_id *oid, int diff_header_only)
 {
 	if (!patch_id_defined(commit))
 		return -1;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ int commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct diff_options *options,
 	else
 		diff_root_tree_oid(&commit->object.oid, "", options);
 	diffcore_std(options);
-	return diff_flush_patch_id(options, oid, diff_header_only, stable);
+	return diff_flush_patch_id(options, oid, diff_header_only);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ static int patch_id_neq(const void *cmpfn_data,
 	b = container_of(entry_or_key, struct patch_id, ent);
 
 	if (is_null_oid(&a->patch_id) &&
-	    commit_patch_id(a->commit, opt, &a->patch_id, 0, 0))
+	    commit_patch_id(a->commit, opt, &a->patch_id, 0))
 		return error("Could not get patch ID for %s",
 			oid_to_hex(&a->commit->object.oid));
 	if (is_null_oid(&b->patch_id) &&
-	    commit_patch_id(b->commit, opt, &b->patch_id, 0, 0))
+	    commit_patch_id(b->commit, opt, &b->patch_id, 0))
 		return error("Could not get patch ID for %s",
 			oid_to_hex(&b->commit->object.oid));
 	return !oideq(&a->patch_id, &b->patch_id);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int init_patch_id_entry(struct patch_id *patch,
 	struct object_id header_only_patch_id;
 
 	patch->commit = commit;
-	if (commit_patch_id(commit, &ids->diffopts, &header_only_patch_id, 1, 0))
+	if (commit_patch_id(commit, &ids->diffopts, &header_only_patch_id, 1))
 		return -1;
 
 	hashmap_entry_init(&patch->ent, oidhash(&header_only_patch_id));
diff --git a/patch-ids.h b/patch-ids.h
index ab6c6a6804..490d739371 100644
--- a/patch-ids.h
+++ b/patch-ids.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct patch_ids {
 };
 
 int commit_patch_id(struct commit *commit, struct diff_options *options,
-		    struct object_id *oid, int, int);
+		    struct object_id *oid, int);
 int init_patch_ids(struct repository *, struct patch_ids *);
 int free_patch_ids(struct patch_ids *);
 
diff --git a/t/t3419-rebase-patch-id.sh b/t/t3419-rebase-patch-id.sh
index 295040f2fe..7181f176b8 100755
--- a/t/t3419-rebase-patch-id.sh
+++ b/t/t3419-rebase-patch-id.sh
@@ -43,15 +43,26 @@ test_expect_success 'setup: 500 lines' '
 	git add newfile &&
 	git commit -q -m "add small file" &&
 
-	git cherry-pick main >/dev/null 2>&1
-'
+	git cherry-pick main >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
 
-test_expect_success 'setup attributes' '
-	echo "file binary" >.gitattributes
+	git branch -f squashed main &&
+	git checkout -q -f squashed &&
+	git reset -q --soft HEAD~2 &&
+	git commit -q -m squashed &&
+
+	git branch -f mode main &&
+	git checkout -q -f mode &&
+	test_chmod +x file &&
+	git commit -q -a --amend &&
+
+	git branch -f modeother other &&
+	git checkout -q -f modeother &&
+	test_chmod +x file &&
+	git commit -q -a --amend
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'detect upstream patch' '
-	git checkout -q main &&
+	git checkout -q main^{} &&
 	scramble file &&
 	git add file &&
 	git commit -q -m "change big file again" &&
@@ -61,14 +72,46 @@ test_expect_success 'detect upstream patch' '
 	test_must_be_empty revs
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'detect upstream patch binary' '
+	echo "file binary" >.gitattributes &&
+	git checkout -q other^{} &&
+	git rebase main &&
+	git rev-list main...HEAD~ >revs &&
+	test_must_be_empty revs &&
+	test_when_finished "rm .gitattributes"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'detect upstream patch modechange' '
+	git checkout -q modeother^{} &&
+	git rebase mode &&
+	git rev-list mode...HEAD~ >revs &&
+	test_must_be_empty revs
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'do not drop patch' '
-	git branch -f squashed main &&
-	git checkout -q -f squashed &&
-	git reset -q --soft HEAD~2 &&
-	git commit -q -m squashed &&
 	git checkout -q other^{} &&
 	test_must_fail git rebase squashed &&
-	git rebase --quit
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'do not drop patch binary' '
+	echo "file binary" >.gitattributes &&
+	git checkout -q other^{} &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase squashed &&
+	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
+	test_when_finished "rm .gitattributes"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'do not drop patch modechange' '
+	git checkout -q modeother^{} &&
+	git rebase other &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	diff --git a/file b/file
+	old mode 100644
+	new mode 100755
+	EOF
+	git diff HEAD~ >modediff &&
+	test_cmp expected modediff
 '
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t4204-patch-id.sh b/t/t4204-patch-id.sh
index a730c0db98..a7fa94ce0a 100755
--- a/t/t4204-patch-id.sh
+++ b/t/t4204-patch-id.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
-	as="a a a a a a a a" && # eight a
-	test_write_lines $as >foo &&
-	test_write_lines $as >bar &&
+	str="ab cd ef gh ij kl mn op" &&
+	test_write_lines $str >foo &&
+	test_write_lines $str >bar &&
 	git add foo bar &&
 	git commit -a -m initial &&
-	test_write_lines $as b >foo &&
-	test_write_lines $as b >bar &&
+	test_write_lines $str b >foo &&
+	test_write_lines $str b >bar &&
 	git commit -a -m first &&
 	git checkout -b same main &&
 	git commit --amend -m same-msg &&
@@ -22,8 +22,23 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	echo c >foo &&
 	echo c >bar &&
 	git commit --amend -a -m notsame-msg &&
+	git checkout -b with_space main~ &&
+	cat >foo <<-\EOF &&
+	a  b
+	c d
+	e    f
+	  g   h
+	    i   j
+	k l
+	m   n
+	op
+	EOF
+	cp foo bar &&
+	git add foo bar &&
+	git commit --amend -m "with spaces" &&
 	test_write_lines bar foo >bar-then-foo &&
 	test_write_lines foo bar >foo-then-bar
+
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'patch-id output is well-formed' '
@@ -42,7 +57,7 @@ calc_patch_id () {
 }
 
 get_top_diff () {
-	git log -p -1 "$@" -O bar-then-foo --
+	git log -p -1 "$@" -O bar-then-foo --full-index --
 }
 
 get_patch_id () {
@@ -61,6 +76,33 @@ test_expect_success 'patch-id detects inequality' '
 	get_patch_id notsame &&
 	! test_cmp patch-id_main patch-id_notsame
 '
+test_expect_success 'patch-id detects equality binary' '
+	cat >.gitattributes <<-\EOF &&
+	foo binary
+	bar binary
+	EOF
+	get_patch_id main &&
+	get_patch_id same &&
+	git log -p -1 --binary main >top-diff.output &&
+	calc_patch_id <top-diff.output main_binpatch &&
+	git log -p -1 --binary same >top-diff.output &&
+	calc_patch_id <top-diff.output same_binpatch &&
+	test_cmp patch-id_main patch-id_main_binpatch &&
+	test_cmp patch-id_same patch-id_same_binpatch &&
+	test_cmp patch-id_main patch-id_same &&
+	test_when_finished "rm .gitattributes"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'patch-id detects inequality binary' '
+	cat >.gitattributes <<-\EOF &&
+	foo binary
+	bar binary
+	EOF
+	get_patch_id main &&
+	get_patch_id notsame &&
+	! test_cmp patch-id_main patch-id_notsame &&
+	test_when_finished "rm .gitattributes"
+'
 
 test_expect_success 'patch-id supports git-format-patch output' '
 	get_patch_id main &&
@@ -101,9 +143,21 @@ test_patch_id_file_order () {
 	git format-patch -1 --stdout -O foo-then-bar >format-patch.output &&
 	calc_patch_id <format-patch.output "ordered-$name" "$@" &&
 	cmp_patch_id $relevant "$name" "ordered-$name"
-
 }
 
+test_patch_id_whitespace () {
+	relevant="$1"
+	shift
+	name="ws-${1}-$relevant"
+	shift
+	get_top_diff "main~" >top-diff.output &&
+	calc_patch_id <top-diff.output "$name" "$@" &&
+	get_top_diff "with_space" >top-diff.output &&
+	calc_patch_id <top-diff.output "ws-$name" "$@" &&
+	cmp_patch_id $relevant "$name" "ws-$name"
+}
+
+
 # combined test for options: add more tests here to make them
 # run with all options
 test_patch_id () {
@@ -119,6 +173,14 @@ test_expect_success 'file order is relevant with --unstable' '
 	test_patch_id_file_order relevant --unstable --unstable
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'whitespace is relevant with --verbatim' '
+	test_patch_id_whitespace relevant --verbatim --verbatim
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'whitespace is irrelevant without --verbatim' '
+	test_patch_id_whitespace irrelevant --stable --stable
+'
+
 #Now test various option combinations.
 test_expect_success 'default is unstable' '
 	test_patch_id relevant default
@@ -134,6 +196,17 @@ test_expect_success 'patchid.stable = false is unstable' '
 	test_patch_id relevant patchid.stable=false
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'patchid.verbatim = true is correct and stable' '
+	test_config patchid.verbatim true &&
+	test_patch_id_whitespace relevant patchid.verbatim=true &&
+	test_patch_id irrelevant patchid.verbatim=true
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'patchid.verbatim = false is unstable' '
+	test_config patchid.verbatim false &&
+	test_patch_id relevant patchid.verbatim=false
+'
+
 test_expect_success '--unstable overrides patchid.stable = true' '
 	test_config patchid.stable true &&
 	test_patch_id relevant patchid.stable=true--unstable --unstable
@@ -144,6 +217,11 @@ test_expect_success '--stable overrides patchid.stable = false' '
 	test_patch_id irrelevant patchid.stable=false--stable --stable
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--verbatim overrides patchid.stable = false' '
+	test_config patchid.stable false &&
+	test_patch_id_whitespace relevant stable=false--verbatim --verbatim
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'patch-id supports git-format-patch MIME output' '
 	get_patch_id main &&
 	git checkout same &&
@@ -198,7 +276,10 @@ test_expect_success 'patch-id handles no-nl-at-eof markers' '
 	EOF
 	calc_patch_id nonl <nonl &&
 	calc_patch_id withnl <withnl &&
-	test_cmp patch-id_nonl patch-id_withnl
+	test_cmp patch-id_nonl patch-id_withnl &&
+	calc_patch_id nonl-inc-ws --verbatim <nonl &&
+	calc_patch_id withnl-inc-ws --verbatim <withnl &&
+	! test_cmp patch-id_nonl-inc-ws patch-id_withnl-inc-ws
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'patch-id handles diffs with one line of before/after' '