linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [Trivial] Documentation: Add newline at end-of-file to files lacking one

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:41:33 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
CC:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, trivial@...nel.org,
	kjsisson@...lsouth.net, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	Ben Dooks <ben@...tec.co.uk>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@....edu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Josua Dietze <digidietze@...isberghof.de>,
	Andiry Xu <andiry.xu@....com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Trivial] Documentation: Add newline at end-of-file to
 files lacking one

On 04/16/2012 04:35 PM, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> This patch simply adds a newline character at end-of-file to those
> files in Documentation/ that currently lack one.
> 
> This is done for a few different reasons:
> 
> A) It's rather annoying when you do "cat some_file.txt" that your
>    prompt/cursor ends up at the end of the last line of output rather
>    than on a new line.
> 
> B) Some tools that process files line-by-line may get confused by the
>    lack of a newline on the last line.
> 
> C) The "\ No newline at end of file" line in diffs annoys me for some
>    reason.
> 
> So, let's just add the missing newline once and for all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>

Rob
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