;; When there's no more hunks, diff-hunk-next signals an error.
(error nil))))
+(defun diff-remove-trailing-whitespace ()
+ "When on a buffer that contains a diff, inspects the
+differences and removes trailing whitespace (spaces, tabs) from
+the lines modified or introduced by this diff. Shows a message
+with the name of the altered buffers, which are unsaved. If a
+file referenced on the diff has no buffer and needs to be fixed,
+a buffer visiting that file is created."
+ (interactive)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (let
+ ;; We assume that the diff header has no trailing whitespace.
+ ((modified-buffers nil)
+ (white-positions nil))
+ (while (re-search-forward "^[+!>].*[ \t]+$" (point-max) t)
+ (save-excursion
+ (cl-destructuring-bind (buf line-offset pos src _dst &optional _switched)
+ (diff-find-source-location t t)
+ (when line-offset
+ (set-buffer buf)
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char (+ (car pos) (cdr src)))
+ (beginning-of-line)
+ (when (re-search-forward "\\([ \t]+\\)$" (line-end-position) t)
+ (when (not (member buf modified-buffers))
+ (push buf modified-buffers))
+ (goto-char (match-end 0))
+ (push (point-marker) white-positions)
+ (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
+ (push (point-marker) white-positions)
+ (push buf white-positions)))))))
+ (while white-positions
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer (pop white-positions))
+ (delete-region (pop white-positions) (pop white-positions))))
+ (if modified-buffers
+ (let ((msg "Deleted new trailing whitespace from:"))
+ (dolist (f modified-buffers)
+ (setq msg (concat msg " `" (buffer-name f) "'")))
+ (message "%s" msg))
+ (message "No trailing whitespace fixes needed."))))
+
;; provide the package
(provide 'diff-mode)