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Re: white spaces in a patch

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MRMark Ryden <markryde@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 17, 2008, 12:10 UTC
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<dac45060812170410h20e710b0ted10d46b9b96ac9d@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, Thanks!

"git diff --check" indeed tells about trailing whitespace Mark

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> "Mark Ryden" <markryde@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > 2) Is there a way to get some messages about that there are white
>> >    spaces when creating a git patch?
>>
>> Doesn't "git diff" highlight whitespace errors?  That way, you can catch
>> errors before you make a commit that has them.
>
> Not to mention "git diff --check", which should catch them, too.
>
> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
>
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Message 12 of 12 in “white spaces in a patch”
  1. Mark RydenDec 17, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2008
  3. Mark RydenDec 17, 2008
  4. Sverre RabbelierDec 17, 2008
  5. Mark RydenDec 17, 2008
  6. Thomas JaroschDec 17, 2008
  7. Mark RydenDec 17, 2008
  8. Matthieu MoyDec 17, 2008
  9. Jeff KingDec 17, 2008
  10. Sverre RabbelierDec 17, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2008
  12. Mark RydenDec 17, 2008

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