diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@
         status = repo.status(match=match)
         if not force:
             repo.checkcommitpatterns(wctx, vdirs, match, status, fail)
-        diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(ui, opts=opts)
+        diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(ui, opts=opts, whitespace=True,
+                                         section='commands',
+                                         configprefix='commit.interactive.')
         diffopts.nodates = True
         diffopts.git = True
         diffopts.showfunc = True
@@ -3126,7 +3128,9 @@
         # Prompt the user for changes to revert
         torevert = [f for f in actions['revert'][0] if f not in excluded_files]
         m = scmutil.matchfiles(repo, torevert)
-        diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(repo.ui)
+        diffopts = patch.difffeatureopts(repo.ui, whitespace=True,
+                                         section='commands',
+                                         configprefix='revert.interactive.')
         diffopts.nodates = True
         diffopts.git = True
         operation = 'discard'
diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
 coreconfigitem('color', 'pagermode',
     default=dynamicdefault,
 )
+_registerdiffopts(section='commands', configprefix='commit.interactive.')
 coreconfigitem('commands', 'grep.all-files',
     default=False,
 )
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@
 coreconfigitem('commands', 'resolve.mark-check',
     default='none',
 )
+_registerdiffopts(section='commands', configprefix='revert.interactive.')
 coreconfigitem('commands', 'show.aliasprefix',
     default=list,
 )