Every time I diff a change from a file I've edited, I see things like this change (where a tab has been removed automagically):
Where is the setting to stop this from happening?
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More detailed answers at [Atom text editor remove trailing whitespace on save](https://stackoverflow.com/q/30403150/5358968) – Steve Mar 29 '19 at 14:23
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In Atom's settings, go to the Packages section and search for whitespace.
The whitespace package will do the following by default:
- Remove trailing whitespace at the end of a line
- Ensure the file contains a trailing newline
You can change the behavior you are seeing in one of two ways.
- Uncheck the "Remove Trailing Whitespace" option. That will prevent trailing whitespace from being removed on any line.
- Check the "Ignore Whitespace Only Lines" option. If you only care about this behavior when the line is otherwise empty, then this option would serve you better.
For reference: whitespace on atom.io
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