Re: trailing whitespace in psql table output - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: trailing whitespace in psql table output
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Msg-id 19467.1285695887@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: trailing whitespace in psql table output  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On tis, 2010-09-28 at 12:18 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> It would be good to get rid of this whitespace because (I believe) it is
>> one of very few reasons for needing to have any trailing whitespace in
>> git-controlled files.  If we could get to a point where trailing
>> whitespace in patches could be rejected automatically, it'd eliminate
>> one small pet peeve.

> You won't be able to programmatically forbid all trailing whitespace (at
> least without additional arrangements) because of:

Yeah, if we can't get all the way there easily, the above argument isn't
worth much.
        regards, tom lane


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