Re: Git trailing blank lines feature configuration

Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:50:26 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thomas Nemeth <[email protected]> writes:

>     Hi !
>
>     I have the habit to keep 1 blank line at the end of my files. To me,
>     it eases the EOF modifications (selecting code blocks, pasting them)
>     in vim.
>
>     Note that I still want to remove blanks at EOL. But I'd like to keep
>     1 blank trailing line. I still can, of course, but the diff still
>     shows me a red "+"...
>
>     Would it be possible to have a configuration option to avoid warnings
>     (because I see that as a warning) about trailing blank lines ?
>
>     Thanks
>
> Thomas.

Would it be possible with the current system?  No.

Would it be possible to add such a new feature?  If designed well,
perhaps.

Things to consider (though not exhaustive) include:

 - What mechanism should this modify?

 - What should the new option be called?

 - Do we only need to accommodate those who want one trailing blank
   line?  What about those who want two?  Three?

Thanks.