Re: is there a canonical doc about how to deal with whitespace issues?

From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2018, 17:15 UTC
Message-ID: <b8801d73-71c4-15c8-4b29-8e4edb3faec9@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1806080914520.20892@localhost.localdomain>

On 6/8/2018 9:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

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>    for one of my courses, i wanted to write a section about the various
> techniques for dealing with whitespace issues in git, so i started
> making a list, things like:
>
>    - running "git diff --check"
>    - "git commit --cleanup=" possibilities
>    - config options like core.{eol,safecrlf,autocrlf}
>    - i'm sure there are client-side hooks that can be mentioned
>
> etc, etc.
>
>    has anyone ever written a doc that collects these things in one
> place? if not, i guess i have to write one.
>
> rday
>

I don't know of a doc for whitespace issues, but the contributing guide on GitForWindows [1] recommends `git rebase --whitespace=fix`.

Thanks, -Stolee

[1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#polish-your-commits