Re: [PATCH] Add --allow-eof-whitelines to git-apply while still doing whitespace trailing-space fixing.

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On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 06:15 +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote:
> Quoting Thell Fowler <tbfowler4@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> >   - Added --allow-eof-whitelines to git apply to short-circuit removal
> > of new empty lines when tailing-space is set.
> >   - Added pass-through to apply from git-am.sh
> >   - Added pass-through to git-am from git-rebase.sh
> >   - Added the auto-completion entries.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: TBFowler <thell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I like this new feature. However, this topic came up last week, and Junio said that whitespace checking should be controlled with the attributes mechanism.
> 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/124113/focus=124138
> 
Seemed that the issue/resolution was still open for discussion.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/124113/focus=124138

Should this be re-done as a whitespace attribute?


> Please do not talk "I did this, I did that" in your proposed commit log
> message.  From Documentation/SubmittingPatches:
> 
> 	- the body should provide a meaningful commit message, which:
> 		- uses the imperative, present tense: "change",
> 		  not "changed" or "changes".
> 		- includes motivation for the change, and contrasts
> 		  its implementation with previous behaviour
> 
> In other words, the messages are often written as if you are giving an order to the program to correct itself.
> 

Got it. ...'giving an order'...  and the motivation; should be easy to remember.

Thank you for the feedback and instruction.
Thell


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