Re: git warning about whitespace?

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just saw this while performing a git operation:
>
>   $ git rebase origin/master
>   First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
>   Applying Propagate effects of putenv/setenv/unsetenv to child processes.
>   Applying A new test for posix_spawn.
>   .dotest/patch:309: trailing whitespace.
>   }
>   .dotest/patch:496: trailing whitespace.
>   }
>   warning: 2 lines add whitespace errors.
>
> Is git now warning about coding style?! Where is this configured? And
> what's the meaning of the closing braces below the nonexistent filenames?

In the git.git sources, Doc*/config.txt mentions core.whitespace,
apply.whitespace and color.diff.whitespace options.