diff --git a/lib/tasks/whitespace.rake b/lib/tasks/whitespace.rake
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+namespace :whitespace do
+  desc 'Removes trailing whitespace'
+  task :clean do
+    sh %{find . -name '*.rb' -exec sed -i '' 's/ *$//g' {} \\;}
+  end
+end
+