# tidy.nvim 🧹
A function and autocommand pair that removes all
- trailing whitespace
- empty lines at the end of the buffer
on every `BufWritePre` .
![tidy ](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/59481467/142785684-96559135-88e7-4c50-a848-56f2c65262ef.gif )
**Note**: See the `cfg` branch for increased functionality and configuration.
## Installation
- Packer
```lua
use "McAuleyPenney/tidy.nvim"
```
or with lazy-loading
```lua
use{ "McAuleyPenney/tidy.nvim", event = "BufWritePre" }
```
## Todo
- [ ] preserve undotree
## Credits
- [Vim Tips Wiki entry for removing unwanted spaces ](https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Remove_unwanted_spaces#Automatically_removing_all_trailing_whitespace )
- ib., the author of [this stack overflow answer ](https://stackoverflow.com/a/7501902 )
- [This line ](https://github.com/gpanders/editorconfig.nvim/blob/ae3586771996b2fb1662eb0c17f5d1f4f5759bb7/lua/editorconfig.lua#L180 )
in [gpanders/editorconfig.nvim ](https://github.com/gpanders/editorconfig.nvim ) for exposing me to the `keepjumps`
and `keeppatterns` modifiers