From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:00:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] whitespace: fix initial-indent checking
Message-ID: <7vk5nejqy6.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071216195956.GA14676@fieldses.org>

"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> writes:

> Which is: I do get the occasional kernel patch with whitespace problems
> uncaught by git's existing checks.  It's annoying to have to fix them up
> manually (but wastes Andrew Morton's time if I don't).  This shouldn't
> be necessary, because the kernel has a simple policy for initial
> whitespace that is completely automatable.
>
> If we've got to define a fourth whitespace policy for this, well, OK,
> I'll live--tell me what I need to do.  I haven't seen a convincing
> argument for that yet, though.

There is one "fix" you earlier implemented but there is no way to check
in the current infrastructure of checking one line at a time.  A run of
blank lines at the end of file.

I personallyy find it much more interesting and useful than the "align
with space" discussion.