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diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt index 7a07735616..34eef100c7 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style.txt @@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ Miscellaneous * Remove ``import`` statements that are no longer used when you change code. The most common tools for this task are `pyflakes`_ and `pylint`_. + * Systematically remove all trailing whitespaces from your code as those + add unnecessary bytes, add visual clutter to the patches and can also + occasionally cause unnecessary merge conflicts. Some IDE's can be + configured to automatically remove them and most VCS tools can be set to + highlight them in diff outputs. + * Please don't put your name in the code you contribute. Our policy is to keep contributors' names in the ``AUTHORS`` file distributed with Django -- not scattered throughout the codebase itself. Feel free to include a |