No newline at end of file

Question

When doing a git diff it says \"No newline at end of file\".

Ok, there is no newline at end of file. What\'s the big deal?

What\'s the

Answer 1

The core problem is what you define line and whether end-on-line character sequence is part of the line or not. UNIX-based editors (such as VIM) or tools (such as Git) use EOL character sequence as line terminator, therefore it's a part of the line. It's similar to use of semicolon (;) in C and Pascal. In C semicolon terminates statements, in Pascal it separates them.