Whitespace and newline barriers to contributing #611

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michael · 2026-01-19T18:34:42Z

michael commented

2026-01-19 18:34:42 +00:00

Originally created by @pythoninthegrass on GitHub.

Originally assigned to: @acodega on GitHub.

First, thank you @scriptingosx et al for creating Installomator. I'm really looking forward to moving away from AutoPkg.

With that said, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I spent literal hours trying to figure out how to use .gitattributes, as well as VSCode settings.json exclusions and extension troubleshooting to ignore whitespace and the missing newline at the end-of-file (EOF.)

After much gnashing of the teeth, I gave up and saved without formatting and re-committed an as-is copy of Installomator.sh.

My proposal is to strip trailing/stray whitespace and add a newline at EOF on the main branch and ask contributors to do the same for their respective code blocks.

Originally created by @pythoninthegrass on GitHub. Originally assigned to: @acodega on GitHub. First, thank you @scriptingosx et al for creating Installomator. I'm really looking forward to moving away from AutoPkg. With that said, I'm not exaggerating when I say that I spent literal _hours_ trying to figure out how to use `.gitattributes`, as well as VSCode `settings.json` exclusions and extension troubleshooting to ignore whitespace and the missing newline at the end-of-file (EOF.) After much gnashing of the teeth, I gave up and saved without formatting and re-committed an as-is copy of `Installomator.sh`. My proposal is to strip trailing/stray whitespace and add a newline at EOF on the main branch and ask contributors to do the same for their respective code blocks. <img width="1183" alt="Screen Shot 2021-01-21 at 2 59 08 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4097471/105411691-53739480-5bf9-11eb-933a-4e807818b24e.png">

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michael commented

2026-01-19 18:34:42 +00:00

@acodega commented on GitHub:

Please excuse the late response. Is there a chance we could talk on MacAdmins.org Slack about this? I am EST time.

@acodega commented on GitHub: Please excuse the late response. Is there a chance we could talk on MacAdmins.org Slack about this? I am EST time.

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Reference: Installomator/Installomator#611