diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/DiffDropDown.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/DiffDropDown.tsx
index d0edf9bd10..4b5437f2b4 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/DiffDropDown.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/DiffDropDown.tsx
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 import React, { FC, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Checkbox } from "@scm-manager/ui-core";
-
-export type HideWhiteSpaceMode = "ALL" | "NONE";
+import { WhitespaceMode } from "./LoadingDiff";
 
 type DiffDropDownProps = {
   collapseDiffs: () => void;
@@ -27,8 +26,8 @@ type DiffDropDownProps = {
    */
   ignoreWhitespaces?: () => void;
   renderOnMount: boolean;
-  ignoreWhitespacesMode?: HideWhiteSpaceMode;
-  setIgnoreWhitespacesMode?: (hideWhiteSpaceMode: HideWhiteSpaceMode) => void;
+  ignoreWhitespacesMode?: WhitespaceMode;
+  setIgnoreWhitespacesMode?: (hideWhiteSpaceMode: WhitespaceMode) => void;
 };
 const DiffDropDown: FC<DiffDropDownProps> = ({
   collapseDiffs,
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/LoadingDiff.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/LoadingDiff.tsx
index 5e8f019e2d..2bb4267a79 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/LoadingDiff.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/LoadingDiff.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import DiffFileTree from "./diff/DiffFileTree";
 import { DiffContent, FileTreeContent } from "./diff/styledElements";
 import { useHistory, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 import { getFileNameFromHash } from "./diffs";
-import { HideWhiteSpaceMode } from "./DiffDropDown";
+
+export type WhitespaceMode = "ALL" | "NONE";
 
 type Props = DiffObjectProps & {
   url: string;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ const PartialNotification: FC<NotificationProps> = ({ fetchNextPage, isFetchingN
 };
 
 const LoadingDiff: FC<Props> = ({ url, limit, refetchOnWindowFocus, ...props }) => {
-  const [ignoreWhitespace, setIgnoreWhitespace] = useState<HideWhiteSpaceMode>("NONE");
+  const [ignoreWhitespace, setIgnoreWhitespace] = useState<WhitespaceMode>("NONE");
   const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState(false);
   const [prevHash, setPrevHash] = useState("");
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ const LoadingDiff: FC<Props> = ({ url, limit, refetchOnWindowFocus, ...props })
               collapseDiffs={collapseDiffs}
               renderOnMount={true}
               ignoreWhitespacesMode={ignoreWhitespace}
-              setIgnoreWhitespacesMode={(hideWhiteSpaceMode: HideWhiteSpaceMode) => {
+              setIgnoreWhitespacesMode={(hideWhiteSpaceMode: WhitespaceMode) => {
                 setIgnoreWhitespace(hideWhiteSpaceMode);
               }}
             />
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/index.ts b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/index.ts
index 7811e20db2..7fd8772c6a 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/index.ts
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/repos/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   AnnotationFactoryContext,
   DiffEventHandler,
   DiffEventContext,
-  DiffObjectProps
+  DiffObjectProps,
 } from "./DiffTypes";
 
 import { FileDiff as File, FileChangeType, Hunk, Change, ChangeType } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export { default as Diff } from "./Diff";
 export { default as DiffFile } from "./DiffFile";
 export { default as DiffButton } from "./DiffButton";
 export { FileControlFactory } from "./DiffTypes";
-export { default as LoadingDiff } from "./LoadingDiff";
+export { default as LoadingDiff, WhitespaceMode } from "./LoadingDiff";
 export { DefaultCollapsed, DefaultCollapsedFunction } from "./defaultCollapsed";
 export { default as RepositoryAvatar } from "./RepositoryAvatar";
 export { default as RepositoryEntry } from "./RepositoryEntry";
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export { default as CommitAuthor } from "./CommitAuthor";
 export { default as HealthCheckFailureDetail } from "./HealthCheckFailureDetail";
 export { default as RepositoryFlags } from "./RepositoryFlags";
 export { default as DiffDropDown } from "./DiffDropDown";
-export { default as DiffStatistics } from "./DiffStatistics"
+export { default as DiffStatistics } from "./DiffStatistics";
 
 export {
   File,
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ export {
   AnnotationFactoryContext,
   DiffEventHandler,
   DiffEventContext,
-  DiffObjectProps
+  DiffObjectProps,
 };