Re: Checking in files with trailing white space

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/13/2016 10:28 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Alternatively, could the pre-commit git hook be adapted to warn the
> committer about trailing space and ask him for confirmation?  I couldn't
> see an easy way over the weekend, but it might be possible, somehow.

I don't see an easy way either. Part of the problem is that some 
developers commit with vc and some do not. If you use vc, perhaps you 
could cook up something that works with vc; as I don't use vc to commit, 
I'm not the best person to give advice in that area. Plus, I'd rather 
not have to deal with source files containing trailing white space (it 
is *such* a pain in so many ways), so my motivation to help in this area 
is somewhat limited....