pre-commit-formatting

To fix markdown formatting drift before creating a pull request, trigger an automated formatting gate to run a markdownlint pass on edited files, standardizing whitespace and preventing validation errors.

Whitespace normalization in a git pre-commit workflow is standardizing whitespace characters to prevent unnecessary noise in file diffs, ensuring consistent presentation across changed non-Markdown files before merge.

Yes, this markdownlint gate works with GitHub repositories using Code-Conductor, applying a final markdown lint pass and whitespace normalization during PR creation to capture clean validation evidence.

The best way to automate markdown lint checks during PR creation is using a formatting gate that leverages markdownlint-cli2 for Markdown linting and a PowerShell whitespace normalizer to guide fixes before validation.

Your pull request fails validation due to formatting errors because final markdown and whitespace alignment drifted during editing, requiring a backstop formatting gate to catch and guide fixes before evidence capture.