Re: git diff --check always shows line 1 for blank at EOF for new files

Hi Christoph,

Christoph Mallon wrote:

  git init test
  cd test
  printf 'a\nb\nc\n\n' > file
  git add -AN
  git diff --check

The last command will show "file:1: new blank line at EOF.".

It works fine, if the diff is not against /dev/null, e.g.:
  git init test
  cd test
  printf 'a\nb\nc\n' > file
  git add -A
  echo >> file
  git diff --check

This correctly shows "file:4: new blank line at EOF.".

Try this:

    git init test
    cd test
    printf 'a\nb\nc\n' > file
    git add -A
    echo hello >> file
    echo >> file
    git diff --check

As you can see, it still returns line 4, which is the beginning of the
hunk that adds the blank line.

A change to make it print the line number of the blank line itself
does not sound so bad, though.