[rtems-libbsd commit] CONTRIBUTING.rst: Warn about white space changes

[Sebastian Huber]

Module:    rtems-libbsd
Branch:    master
Commit:    9ef5c9a2ff2e841a7e14e060cf826fd6f50734e2
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-libbsd/commit/?id=9ef5c9a2ff2e841a7e14e060cf826fd6f50734e2

Author:    Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>
Date:      Wed Jun  8 14:50:29 2022 +0200

CONTRIBUTING.rst: Warn about white space changes

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 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 8cf42dff..f28f02e1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ original FreeBSD code.
 Rules for Modifying FreeBSD Source
 ==================================
 
+Do not reformat original FreeBSD code.  Do not perform white space changes even
+if you get git commit warnings.  **Check your editor settings so that it does
+not 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.
+
 Changes in FreeBSD files must be done using ``__rtems__`` C pre-processor guards.
 This makes synchronization with the FreeBSD upstream easier and is very
 important.  Patches which do not follow these rules will be rejected.  Only add
@@ -380,12 +386,6 @@ In general, provide empty header files and do not guard includes.
 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.  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.
-
 Automatically Generated FreeBSD Files
 =====================================