jenkins-bot has submitted this change and it was merged. Change subject: [bugfix] rstrip() strings before comparing for changes ...................................................................... [bugfix] rstrip() strings before comparing for changes - mw does no edit when trying to add spaces or newlines at the end of a page. userPut() should reflect this point and should not try to show diff and should not try to edit the page. Finally the result of the method must not be True. Bug: T137637 Change-Id: I4958cba789f8a0e997a0dee1204b0d1119bd1931 --- M pywikibot/bot.py 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Approvals: Mpaa: Looks good to me, approved jenkins-bot: Verified diff --git a/pywikibot/bot.py b/pywikibot/bot.py index 378f2b2..3558e99 100644 --- a/pywikibot/bot.py +++ b/pywikibot/bot.py @@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ @return: whether the page was saved successfully @rtype: bool """ - if oldtext == newtext: + if oldtext.rstrip() == newtext.rstrip(): pywikibot.output(u'No changes were needed on %s' % page.title(asLink=True)) return -- To view, visit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/293905 To unsubscribe, visit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/settings Gerrit-MessageType: merged Gerrit-Change-Id: I4958cba789f8a0e997a0dee1204b0d1119bd1931 Gerrit-PatchSet: 2 Gerrit-Project: pywikibot/core Gerrit-Branch: master Gerrit-Owner: Xqt &lt;info(a)gno.de&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: John Vandenberg &lt;jayvdb(a)gmail.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Mpaa &lt;mpaa.wiki(a)gmail.com&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: Xqt &lt;info(a)gno.de&gt; Gerrit-Reviewer: jenkins-bot <>