diff --git a/hgext/record.py b/hgext/record.py
--- a/hgext/record.py
+++ b/hgext/record.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     opts[r"interactive"] = True
     overrides = {('experimental', 'crecord'): False}
     with ui.configoverride(overrides, 'record'):
-        return commands.commit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts)
+        return commands.commit(ui, repo, *pats, ignorews=True, **opts)
 
 def qrefresh(origfn, ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     if not opts[r'interactive']:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
     # backup all changed files
     cmdutil.dorecord(ui, repo, committomq, None, True,
-                    cmdutil.recordfilter, *pats, **opts)
+                    cmdutil.recordfilter, *pats, ignorews=True, **opts)
 
 # This command registration is replaced during uisetup().
 @command('qrecord',
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     overrides = {('experimental', 'crecord'): False}
     with ui.configoverride(overrides, 'record'):
         cmdutil.dorecord(ui, repo, committomq, cmdsuggest, False,
-                         cmdutil.recordfilter, *pats, **opts)
+                         cmdutil.recordfilter, *pats, ignorews=True, **opts)
 
 def qnew(origfn, ui, repo, patch, *args, **opts):
     if opts[r'interactive']:
diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
 def dorecord(ui, repo, commitfunc, cmdsuggest, backupall,
             filterfn, *pats, **opts):
     opts = pycompat.byteskwargs(opts)
+    ignorews = opts.get('ignorews', False)
     if not ui.interactive():
         if cmdsuggest:
             msg = _('running non-interactively, use %s instead') % cmdsuggest
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@
         status = repo.status(match=match)
         if not force:
             repo.checkcommitpatterns(wctx, vdirs, match, status, fail)
-        diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(ui, opts=opts, whitespace=True)
+        diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(ui, opts=opts, whitespace=ignorews)
         diffopts.nodates = True
         diffopts.git = True
         diffopts.showfunc = True
diff --git a/tests/test-commit-interactive.t b/tests/test-commit-interactive.t
--- a/tests/test-commit-interactive.t
+++ b/tests/test-commit-interactive.t
@@ -1807,3 +1807,40 @@
   n   0         -1 unset               subdir/f1
   $ hg status -A subdir/f1
   M subdir/f1
+
+making --interactive not ignore whitespaces with the following hgrc:
+[diff]
+ignorews=True
+  $ hg init issue6042
+  $ cd issue6042
+  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
+  > [diff]
+  > ignorews = True
+  > [extensions]
+  > record =
+  > EOF
+  $ echo a > a
+  $ hg ci -Am 'add a'
+  adding a
+  $ echo 'a ' > a
+  $ hg diff
+  $ hg commit -i -m 'add ws to a' <<EOF
+  > y
+  > y
+  > n
+  > EOF
+  diff --git a/a b/a
+  1 hunks, 1 lines changed
+  examine changes to 'a'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
+  
+  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
+  -a
+  +a 
+  record this change to 'a'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
+  
+
+let's check whether record extension works fine or not after the fix
+  $ echo 'a  ' > a
+  $ hg record --ignore-all-space
+  no changes to record
+  [1]