Re: overly zealous git hook

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
>> Actually, I see trailing blank lines in any text file
>> as an opportunity for unexpected merge conflicts, as
>> one person adds or removes one of those oft-unnoticed lines,
>> and someone else makes a conflicting change.
>
> Conflicts generally occur at spots that are heavily modified,
> such as the end of log files or the start of ChangeLog files.
> For modules/* files, the last section is the 'Maintainer' section,
> which rarely changes. Likewise for the end of ChangeLog files:
> it does not change at all, usually.
>
>> FYI, this change in behavior is the result of savannah upgrading to
>> the latest version of git, whose git diff --check tests for that.
>
> Ah, understood.
>
>> Since I prefer that the hook continue to apply to all files
>> for which I have a say, perhaps you'd like to itemize the files
>> for which you want to allow trailing blank lines?
>
> Yes. These should be: modules/**/* and **/ChangeLog*. I believe it

My point was that I'd like the existing hook to remain
in effect even for modules files.  If you want to make
exceptions for files you own, please itemize them so that
you do not disable that part of the hook for others.