Re: [SCRIPT] chomp: trim trailing whitespace

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>> Attached to this email is chomp.pl, a Perl script which removes 
>> trailing whitespace from several files.  I've had this for years, as 
>> trailing whitespace is one of my pet peeves.
>>
>> Now that git-applymbox complains loudly whenever a patch adds trailing 
>> whitespace, I figured this script may be useful to others.
>>
> 
> This is the script I use for the same purpose.  It's a bit more 
> sophisticated, in that it detects and avoids binary files, and doesn't 
> throw an error if it encounters a directory (which can happen if you 
> give it a wildcard.)

Chewing the EOF blanks is nice.  The only nit I have is that your script 
rewrites the file even if nothing was changed.

	Jeff