From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:28:08 GMT
Subject: Re: How to fix (and find) many git-* --check errors?
Message-ID: <20080808132808.GA22674@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <489C40BC.8000008@sneakemail.com>

On 2008.08.08 14:49:00 +0200, "Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)" wrote:
> We have > 37000 white space "errors" in HEAD, mostly trailing  
> whitespace, and I'm looking for a
>
> $ git diff --check | git??? --whitespace=fix
>
> command.
>
> Is there such a beast?
>
> I see that git-apply has a --whitespace=<action> option, but I don't  
> seem to grock how to be able to use it for fixing my working directory.

I'd probably do something like:

# Create a commit with an empty tree
rm .git/index
git commit -m tmp

rm -r * (include dotfiles if required, ie. remove all tracked files)

git diff -R HEAD^ | git apply --index --whitespace=fix
git commit --amend -m "Whitespace fixed up"

But probably there's some smarter way than that.

Björn