Re: [meta-arago][oe-layersetup][PATCH v2] .editorconfig: Preserve trailing whitespace in diff and patch files

Randolph Sapp <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jun 2026 12:52:44 -0500
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.meta-arago
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon Jun 1, 2026 at 12:27 PM CDT, Jonathan Cormier wrote:
> Diff and patch files require trailing whitespace to denote
> empty lines with no changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cormier <[email protected]>
> ---
>  .editorconfig | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
> index 30740e726616..306d282c3164 100644
> --- a/.editorconfig
> +++ b/.editorconfig
> @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ root =3D true
>  insert_final_newline =3D true
>  trim_trailing_whitespace =3D true
> =20
> +[*.{diff,patch}]
> +trim_trailing_whitespace =3D false
> +
>  [*.{sh,pl,xml}]
>  indent_size =3D 4
>  indent_style =3D space

Yeah, this would be picked up for any layers that don't define their own ro=
ot
editorconfig. This modification seems useful.

Reviewed-by: Randolph Sapp <[email protected]>