Signed-off-by: Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 ++- Documentation/diff-options.txt | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 41b76d8..ce85d06 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ probably need to split up your commit to Oh, another thing. I am picky about whitespaces. Make sure your changes do not trigger errors with the sample pre-commit hook shipped -in templates/hooks--pre-commit. +in templates/hooks--pre-commit. To help ensure this does not happen, +run git diff --check on your changes before you commit. (2) Generate your patch using git tools out of your commits. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index da1cc60..019a39f 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ Turn off rename detection, even when the configuration file gives the default to do so. +--check:: + Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace + or an indent that uses a space before a tab. + --full-index:: Instead of the first handful characters, show full object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index" -- 1.4.4.1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html