whitespace

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# script/whitespace
#
# Strips whitespace from any files modified in git
# Also:
# - converts tabs to spaces
# - ensures a single newline at the end
class WhitespaceProcessor
  def self.process(code)
    result = []
    code.each do |line|
      line.gsub!(/(\s+)$/, "\n")
      line.gsub!(/\t/, '  ')
      result << line
    end

    while result.last =~ /^$/
      result.pop
    end

    unless result.last =~ /\n$/
      result << "\n"
    end

    code = result.join
    code.gsub!(/\A\n*/, '')
    code
  end
end

if ARGV.include?('--all')
  files = `find . -type file | grep -v .git | grep -v ./vendor | grep -v ./tmp  | egrep ".(rb|js|haml|html|css|sass)"`.split(/\n/)
  puts "* Stripping whitespace from all project files"
else
  files = `git status`.split("\n").select { |file| file =~ /^#\t(modified|new file|renamed):/ && !(file =~ /\(new commits\)/) }
  puts "* Stripping whitespace from modified files."
end

files.each do |line|
  line = line.split(/[\t\s]+/).last
  puts "  processing #{line}..."
  code = File.read(line)
  File.open(line, 'w+') { |f| f << (WhitespaceProcessor.process(code)) }
end
puts "* DONE"

Yup,

It appears you guys are right, it just ignores whitespace added when diff'd. I guess my team at the time just started pruning the trailing whitespace we were seeing. :)

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