Re: [PATCH v3 68/77] ncr5380: Fix whitespace issues using regexp

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2015-12-23 at 11:56 +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Joe Perches wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2015-12-22 at 12:18 +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> > > This patch is just the result of two substitutions. The first removes 
> > > any tabs and spaces at the end of the line. The second replaces runs 
> > > of tabs and spaces at the beginning of comment lines with a single 
> > > space.
> > 
> > I think the second of these isn't done well.
> 
> The aim of this patch is not to fix code style, but to make it possible to 
> compare these two files so that the fork can be repaired. Regexp is very 
> helpful in creating uniformity (and a minimal diff).
> 
> If this was a coding style issue, we would be discussing the use of 
> kernel-doc format for the affected comments, not whitespace.
> 
> > Many of these comments post reformatting are
> > much worse to read because of lost alignment.
> 
> You exaggerate a very trivial point.

<shrug>

I prefer that all patches be improvements.

> I admit that a small proportion of comments are slightly less readable. 
> But it is the diff that needs to be readable in order to resolve the fork.

diff -w works well.

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