Re: Whitespace and '&nbsp'

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

Gmail on the sending side - quite possibly part of a reflowing thing, especially with quoting. I send patches as attachments because gmail is crap in this regard (and yes, I hate it, and I go back to alpine for any bigger issues).

But on the receiving side? Sounds unlikely, since I've used gmail for the last year to receive patches, and this is the first time I've seen it.

And the sent email that had the issue this time implied mutt, not gmail.

Regardless, what took me by surprise was how (a) the patch applied fine, (b) it _looked_ fine in all the normal tools, and (c) it just didn't work.

Now, very arguably this is not a git issue at all. Having the odd nbsp be more visible in my other tools would have been fine - either 'less' showing it (the way it shows other control characters) or my terminal making some visual distinction. That said, I think it's something that git could perhaps protect against a bit.

                    Linus