Trailing whitespaces
====================

This linter verifies if a file has:

* unnecessary trailing whitespaces,
* Windows carriage return,
* empty lines at the end of file,
* if file ends with a newline or not


Run Locally
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This mozlint linter can be run using mach:

.. parsed-literal::

    $ mach lint --linter file-whitespace <file paths>


Configuration
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This linter is enabled on most of the code base.

This job is configured as `tier 2 <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Sheriffing/Job_Visibility_Policy#Overview_of_the_Job_Visibility_Tiers>`_.

Autofix
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This linter provides a ``--fix`` option. The python script is doing the change itself.

Sources
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* :searchfox:`Configuration (YAML) <tools/lint/file-whitespace.yml>`
* :searchfox:`Source <tools/lint/file-whitespace/__init__.py>`