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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Strip whitespace on the end of GNU unified diff insertion lines.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   cat foo | stripspace | patch -p1
+#   stripspace foo | patch -p1
+#
+# Code fragment taken from the ARM Linux patch system, Copyright
+# (C) Russell King, All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This script:
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2002 Russell King, All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+#  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+while (<>) {
+       chomp;
+       s/\s+$// if m/^\+/;
+       print "$_\n";
+}