[rtems-libbsd commit] CONTRIBUTING: Clarify white space changes

[Sebastian Huber]

Module:    rtems-libbsd
Branch:    6-freebsd-12
Commit:    4b724e86c01cf0276275df8e439be4f57d272af6
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-libbsd/commit/?id=4b724e86c01cf0276275df8e439be4f57d272af6

Author:    Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>
Date:      Tue Feb 15 14:55:38 2022 +0100

CONTRIBUTING: Clarify white space changes

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5336b22..cb2bbeb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -388,7 +388,10 @@ For new code use
 [STYLE(9)](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=style&apropos=0&sektion=9).
 
 Do not format original FreeBSD code.  Do not perform white space changes even
-if you get git commit warnings.
+if you get git commit warnings.  Check your editor settings so that it doesn't
+perform white space changes automatically, for example adding a newline to the
+end of the file.  White space changes may result in conflicts during updates,
+especially changes at the end of a file.
 
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