How do I make IntelliJ IDEA insert a new line at every end of file, so that GitHub doesn't complain for example?
Change your Editor settings:
Settings → Editor → General → Ensure line feed at file end on Save
For MAC users:
Preferences > Editor > General > Ensure line feed at file end on save
IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3
Approach 1
File > Settings... > Editor > General > Ensure line feed at file end on Save
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Approach 2
Help > Find Action... (Ctrl+Shift+A) > type "Ensure line feed" > switch the toggle to ON (using the mouse click or Enter) for "Other: Ensure line feed at file end on Save" line
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Possible alternative with a number of handy features is EditorConfig
Just submit an .editorconfig
file to your repo
[*]
insert_final_newline = true
And it will work natively not only in Idea, but in all major IDEs (some require a plugin).
Now all team members would have same configuration, eol, eof, and no more tabs vs spaces :)
For Mac Users: IntelliJ Idea version 2020.2
Option1:
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Option2:
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"Ensure every saved file ends with a line break"
General -> Save Files For IntelliJ IDEA 2020.
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In latest versions of IntelliJ, the setting has been renamed to 'Ensure an empty line at the end of a file on save', and it has been moved under Setting>Editor>General>Save Files
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This should have been a comment, but I wanted to add the screenshot as well so wrote as an answer.
As Rider (IDEA's cousin for .NET) is driving me crazy, this might be helpful for those writing C# as Ensure line feed at file end on Save
alone won't work. It needs
File → Settings → Editor → Code Style → C# → Line Breaks and Wrapping → Line feed at end of file
.
I don't remember changing it and I haven't imported any settings for sure, so I guess it's by default disabled.
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With the IntelliJ Idea version 2020.3: Go to File > Sttings > Editor > General > On Save
And then select/deselect "Ensure every saved file ends with a line break"
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Success story sharing
Settings->Editor->General->Other->Ensure line feed at file end on save.