Make DocumentationGenerator ignore trailing whitespace differences#942
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Make DocumentationGenerator ignore trailing whitespace differences#942
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[WIP] Update DocumentationGenerator to allow minor content variations
Make DocumentationGenerator ignore trailing whitespace differences
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The DocumentationGenerator exits with a non-zero code when generated content differs from existing files, breaking CI. Files with identical content except for trailing newlines/spaces were triggering unnecessary failures.
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WriteFileIfChangedto useTrimEnd()when comparing existing and new content:This treats files as unchanged when they differ only in trailing whitespace (newlines, spaces, tabs), preventing spurious CI failures while preserving detection of actual content changes.
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