From 1933a494e7f79fdb2f68fc1ed931bece5c75eff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shouzy <82171453+realshouzy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:12:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add code style guideline of max 79 columns

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b858bc8cc..ebf19c428 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ Any kind of contribution is welcome; nothing is "off limits". However, for those
 This repo ([jgonggrijp/pip-review](https://github.com/jgonggrijp/pip-review)) uses [gitflow](https://github.com/nvie/gitflow). Please submit pull requests to the `develop` branch.
 
 The Python files use 4-space soft tabs. The other files use 2-space soft tabs.
+
+Please ensure that lines of code do not exceed a **maximum length of 79 characters** to maintain code readability and consistency throughout the project.

From fad631659090cb8c66a7aee39223f014b69e7104 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shouzy <82171453+realshouzy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:52:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add ``.editorconfig``

---
 .editorconfig | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .editorconfig

diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83ee8c9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# https://editorconfig.org/
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+end_of_line = crlf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.py]
+indent_size = 4

From c44a9d76d8d49cd1f57b80d19f7c2d25f27cd2ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shouzy <82171453+realshouzy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:38:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Refer to ``.editorconfig`` in ``CONTRIBUTING.md``

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ebf19c428..d3c534ff7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Any kind of contribution is welcome; nothing is "off limits". However, for those
 
 This repo ([jgonggrijp/pip-review](https://github.com/jgonggrijp/pip-review)) uses [gitflow](https://github.com/nvie/gitflow). Please submit pull requests to the `develop` branch.
 
-The Python files use 4-space soft tabs. The other files use 2-space soft tabs.
+To maintain consistent coding style and formatting across the project, an [``EditorConfig`` file](/.editorconfig) has been set up, in order to guarantee that all contributors use the same settings for indentation, character encoding, line endings etc.
 
-Please ensure that lines of code do not exceed a **maximum length of 79 characters** to maintain code readability and consistency throughout the project.
+Additionally, please ensure that lines of code do not exceed a **maximum length of 79 characters** to further enhance readability and consistency of the project.

From 472e40c036d1ba13c2c71c5bb162de0ccf16860a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shouzy <82171453+realshouzy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:04:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Change ``end_of_line`` to ``lf``

---
 .editorconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 83ee8c9f5..0888e7dae 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ charset = utf-8
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
-end_of_line = crlf
+end_of_line = lf
 insert_final_newline = true
 
 [*.py]