Here's the commit cba438 on Github.
As you can see line #1 in index.html is marked as changed:
But as I can see there's no single changed character. Is it up to GitHub or Git? Is it a bug or some hidden character was changed?
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This could be line endings or possibly whitespace. I think it is Git, GitHub is just a bystander here most likely. – Tim Biegeleisen Aug 01 '16 at 12:42
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Yes, there is a hidden character there, a UTF8 BOM.
$ git show cba438:index.html | od -c | head -1
0000000 357 273 277 < ! d o c t y p e h t m
$ git show cba438~1:index.html | od -c | head -1
0000000 < ! d o c t y p e h t m l > \n
Related SO question: What's different between UTF-8 and UTF-8 without BOM?
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Thank you Wumpus for the nice answer with the command line explanation. – Limon Monte Aug 01 '16 at 12:59
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This is strange. I'm pretty sure that there were no trailing spaces in my code as I have `"trim_trailing_white_space_on_save": true` enabled in Sublime Text. Also, if it's the whitespace, shouldn't GitHub mark it like this: https://i.imgur.com/5KIR6fU.png – Limon Monte Aug 01 '16 at 12:48