Re: trailing whitespace in psql table output

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Roger Leigh <rleigh(at)codelibre(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: trailing whitespace in psql table output
Date: 2010-09-28 17:44:47
Message-ID: 19467.1285695887@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)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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