diff --git a/.lgtm.yml b/.lgtm.yml
index 0e3c5b0b07..8f1ac78e25 100644
--- a/.lgtm.yml
+++ b/.lgtm.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ extraction:
     index:
       build_command:
         - $CMAKE --build build -j 2
-
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 53dde399b6..c630bca21e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v2.4.0
     hooks:
     - id: trailing-whitespace
+      args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
     - id: end-of-file-fixer
     - id: mixed-line-ending
     - id: check-toml
diff --git a/.rodare.json b/.rodare.json
index cd2777030f..63c816bb3d 100644
--- a/.rodare.json
+++ b/.rodare.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
             "affiliation": "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory",
             "name": "Bez, Jean Luca",
             "orcid": "0000-0002-3915-1135",
-            "type": "Other"          
+            "type": "Other"
         }
     ],
     "title": "C++ & Python API for Scientific I/O with openPMD",
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 5a0d37788c..6dbf0c1728 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ keywords:
 - openscience
 - meta-data
 - adios
-- openpmd 
+- openpmd
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 10926e87f1..94a9ed024d 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -672,4 +672,3 @@ may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
 the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
 <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.
-
diff --git a/COPYING.LESSER b/COPYING.LESSER
index 341c30bda4..65c5ca88a6 100644
--- a/COPYING.LESSER
+++ b/COPYING.LESSER
@@ -163,4 +163,3 @@ whether future versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License shall
 apply, that proxy's public statement of acceptance of any version is
 permanent authorization for you to choose that version for the
 Library.
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d02be38904..b735f847cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -437,4 +437,3 @@ openPMD-api stands on the shoulders of giants and we are grateful for the follow
 * the [CMake build system](https://cmake.org) and [contributors](https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Copyright.txt)
 * packaging support by the [conda-forge](https://conda-forge.org), [PyPI](https://pypi.org) and [Spack](https://spack.io) communities, among others
 * the [openPMD-standard](https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-standard) by [Axel Huebl (HZDR, now LBNL)](https://github.com/ax3l) and [contributors](https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-standard/blob/latest/AUTHORS.md)
-