On May 5, 2009, at 02:46 , Luc Bourhis wrote: > > On 5 May 2009, at 11:19, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >>> On the contrary, my code >>> version system (git for info) is set up to refuse committing >>> anything with trailing white spaces. Actually, please read on… >> >> Why on earth would you want to do that? > > This is a very common practice whose rationale is that white spaces > are a distraction in diffs. By forbidding them, only those lines > with meaningful differences are displayed in diffs.
Ignoring the philosophical issues, most 'diff' engines allow you to ignore "whitespace" differences. That lets you ignore them, while not forcing everyone to obey "Procrustean" rules :-} Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds -------- If you're not confused, You're not paying attention -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
