Agreement on line ending style and recommend matching settings for git
As contributing developers are working on Windows as well as Linux, different line endings are a problem from time to time when merging branches (CRLF vs. LF). We should agree on a set of recommended EOL settings for editors and especially git itself. I'd also like to define some basic rules about whitespacing.
My ideas so far:
- Document a usable set of git settings (.gitconfig or .gitattributes) for Windows and Linux
- Always trim trailing whitespace
- Force EOL at end of files
- No tabs
Edited by Reinhard Biegel