InfiniTime.git

diff --git a/doc/buildAndProgram.md b/doc/buildAndProgram.md
index b588b649f212ed890eb063ba7ce0bce0b2de1d7c..8aa32dafeb7d9e751f1c3bebf50f9dd4b7f60975 100644
--- a/doc/buildAndProgram.md
+++ b/doc/buildAndProgram.md
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ ## Build steps
 
 ### Clone the repo
 
-```
+```sh
 git clone https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime.git
 cd InfiniTime
 git submodule update --init
+
+# configure git to apply whitespace fixes automatically
+git config set core.whitespace trailing-space,space-before-tab
+git config set apply.whitespace fix
+
 mkdir build
 cd build
 ```




diff --git a/doc/buildWithDocker.md b/doc/buildWithDocker.md
index 670590a6455d44aeb1b6c650d9a4e24d9d99d54c..9ad65fec90e13e2590781abab4db23ba76d65d20 100644
--- a/doc/buildWithDocker.md
+++ b/doc/buildWithDocker.md
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ ## Clone the repository
 
 Before building, local repository must be fully initialized.
 
-```
+```sh
 git clone https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime.git
 cd InfiniTime
 git submodule update --init
+
+# configure git to apply whitespace fixes automatically
+git config set core.whitespace trailing-space,space-before-tab
+git config set apply.whitespace fix
 ```
 
 ## Run a container to build the project