[webkit-dev] Removal of trailing whitespace

[Yusuke Suzuki]

I agree that we should not do it because it pollutes change history of files, git-blame results, and review-diff in PR.
But at the same time, I think there is no reason to add a new trailing whitespace via a new commit.
It is nice if we can enforce this rule only for newly added code (via style-checker) not to add new trailing spaces.

-Yusuke

> On Apr 12, 2023, at 10:08 AM, Ryosuke Niwa via webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
> 
> WebKi proejctt’s long term policy has been to not do this:
> https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2009-August/009665.html
> 
> I don’t think we should change that.
> 
> - R. Niwa
> 
>> On Apr 12, 2023, at 9:17 AM, Chris Dumez via webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I am against this because it adds a lot of noise to patches I am trying to review.
>> I have seen PRs where white space changes account for more than half the patch I am trying to review.
>> 
>> Dropping trailing spaces on the lines you’re modifying is OK but in the whole file is too noisy IMO.
>> 
>> Chris.
>> 
>>> On Apr 12, 2023, at 1:22 AM, Anne van Kesteren via webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> To reduce the overhead of switching between projects with different
>>> whitespace requirements, I would like to suggest we start being
>>> lenient when trailing whitespace is removed. In particular when a file
>>> is being changed to fix a bug.
>>> 
>>> I could see going even further and enforcing this via the style
>>> checker, if there is appetite for that.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for considering!
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