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[PATCH] * HACKING (Avoid trailing white space): Mention how git can help
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
[PATCH] * HACKING (Avoid trailing white space): Mention how git can help. |
Date: |
Tue, 3 Mar 2009 07:46:03 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
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Hi Jim,
* Jim Meyering wrote on Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:34:41PM CET:
>
> Good idea. Thanks!
> I'll push this tomorrow, unless you'd prefer something else.
How about this instead? I looked at git a bit more, and have
little experience with git apply (not sure whether it's used
all over the place or not), so let's make that less prominent.
Cheers,
Ralf
HACKING | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 0675f9c..47cf887 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -380,6 +380,21 @@ If you use vim, add this to ~/.vimrc:
match RedundantSpaces /\s\+$\| \+\ze\t/
+Git can help too, by stopping you from committing any change that would
+add trailing blanks. The example pre-commit hook contains code to check
+for trailing whitespace and spaces before tabs; enable it by moving it
+to the right place and making it executable:
+
+ chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
+
+To manually check for whitespace errors before committing, you can use
+
+ git diff --check
+
+Git also has some settings to enable suitable internal whitespace checks.
+See the manpage for git-apply for details.
+
+
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Miscellaneous useful git commands
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