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authorThien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>2010-02-09 14:29:36 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2010-02-13 23:51:07 +0100
commit60b6a84f0f2d8d43491835a518463f4a8273bf87 (patch)
treef346dc6ecdfaf836ec7b90e820bd547bf13d7cd0 /HACKING
parent4adf9a7e2750593e444a2c7d950e194294242896 (diff)
Document trailing whitespace policy.
* HACKING (Coding standards): Delete trailing whitespace. Add blurb documenting trailing whitespace policy. Signed-off-by: Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ When deprecating a definition, always follow this procedure:
- Write commit messages for functions written in C using the
functions' C names, and write entries for functions written in Scheme
-using the functions' Scheme names. For example,
+using the functions' Scheme names. For example,
* foo.c: Moved scm_procedure_documentation from eval.c.
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ the list of years in the copyright notice at the top of the file.
- When you get bug reports or patches from people, be sure to list
them in THANKS.
+- Do not introduce trailing whitespace (and feel free to clean it up
+opportunistically, that is, if doing so is part of some other change).
+The goal is to reduce (and over time, eliminate) spurious diffs.
Naming conventions =================================================