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| author | Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org> | 2014-07-10 17:05:40 -0500 |
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| committer | Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org> | 2014-07-11 17:44:06 +0400 |
| commit | 8e03663cb66cae7b1f4b0aa6e36f25c261c68d2d (patch) | |
| tree | 9505c86f414498d9a53172afb67e4c604d3be215 /CONTRIBUTING | |
| parent | a356c0a87e8f566fcaa01bde09c44bbd63ef7815 (diff) | |
Added info on removing trailing whitespace
Signed-off-by: Bill Fischofer <bill.fischofer@linaro.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING index 0508a9f..37330ca 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ compiler: ./scripts/checkpatch.pl file.patch + Note: A common issue that causes patches to fail checkpatch is the + presense of trailing whitespace. Emacs users can use the command: + + Meta-X delete-trailing-whitespace + + to scrub the file prior to saving to avoid these issues. Vim users + can accomplish the same with the command: + + :%s/\s\+$// + + Please ensure submitted patches are checkpatch clean before submitting + them to avoid having them automatically returned for rework. + [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/CodingStyle [2] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches [3] refer to README file. |