# Ignore Markdown Files When Doing Trailing Whitespaces Check in Git ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/literature **Created**:: [[2022-10-02]] ## Notes Use gitattributes to skip the whitespace check on specified files.[^1] ``` **/*.md -whitespace ``` It's possible to [[Git Authors - Gitattributes Documentation (Highlights)#^391077277|use a global gitattributes file]] and ignore the whitespace check on markdown files in all repositories. [^1]: [[Sukima on Stack Overflow et al. - Git Ignores Trailing Whitespace in Markdown Files Only (Highlights)]]