Adrian Ratiu [off-list ref] writes:

Changes in v9:
* Replaced git config --global with test_config_global (Patrick)
* Split die() messages to multiple lines (Patrick)
* Moved some of the whitespace fixes added in v8 to the commit
  which actually introduced the whitespace problem (Adrian)

Thanks.  It appears that we are getting to the point of diminishing
returns, perhaps, in which case we should declare victory and plan
to merge it down soonish.

Again, a report like Josh did previously about this not breaking the
users you care about would be very much appreciated.