From dcbf43489c86a47ce0ec731c15613f7daf551181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iconmaster <crazybonesj@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:15:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Apply suggestion: the `bytes(...)` call does nothing here

---
 pre_commit_hooks/trailing_whitespace_fixer.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/trailing_whitespace_fixer.py b/pre_commit_hooks/trailing_whitespace_fixer.py
index 6063684..b74b753 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/trailing_whitespace_fixer.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/trailing_whitespace_fixer.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def main(argv=None):  # type: (Optional[Sequence[str]]) -> int
         if _fix_file(
             filename,
             md,
-            None if args.chars is None else bytes(args.chars.encode('utf-8')),
+            None if args.chars is None else args.chars.encode('utf-8'),
         ):
             print('Fixing {}'.format(filename))
             return_code = 1