There are exceptions to every rule, and yours is a valid exception to the rule that <i>in general</i> one should not commit non-functional change-sets. If something is particularly ugly then you could clean it up but that change should not be taken for granted not to have any adverse effects, there is really no such thing as an &#x27;innocent&#x27; change. I&#x27;ve seen whitespace changes break code far too frequently to not be suspicious of any change at all.