Re: Git trailing blank lines feature configuration

Johannes Sixt <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 23:05:33 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 01.08.26 um 10:48 schrieb Thomas Nemeth:
>     If I need to move a previously static function at the end of the
>     public functions section, I switch to VISUAL, select the function
>     to be moved with the blank lines above (I like having neatly spaced
>     code) _and_ including the eol of the function last line.
>     Then I delete it (d), I move to EOF (:$). As the line is blank I
>     just have to paste (p) it back there. The function is moved. The last
>     blank line is kept for other code movements.

Sounds like you are using character-wise visual mode (v) instead of
line-wise mode (V). Use line-wise operations, and these problems are gone.

Oh, and BTW, just use G instead of :$<Enter>

-- Hannes