Add an option for trimmingTrailingWhitespace to ignore whitespace only lines
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Description
I recently tried running SwiftLint with --fix --format and saw that it removed thousands of whitespace only lines. It'd be great if the options could mirror the options available in Xcode. Particularly an option to ignore whitespace only lines.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the trimmingTrailingWhitespace option and the formatter path used by --fix --format; the issue names no files or tests. Reproduce the reported removal of whitespace-only lines, then verify that the new option preserves those lines while trimming other trailing whitespace.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100