diff --git a/src/zabapgit_objects.prog.abap b/src/zabapgit_objects.prog.abap
index 383f0ea69..4cc56812d 100644
--- a/src/zabapgit_objects.prog.abap
+++ b/src/zabapgit_objects.prog.abap
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@ CLASS lcl_objects_files IMPLEMENTATION.
 
 
     CONCATENATE LINES OF it_abap INTO lv_source SEPARATED BY gc_newline.
+* when editing files via eg. GitHub web interface it adds a newline at end of file
+    lv_source = lv_source && gc_newline.
+
     ls_file-path = '/'.
     ls_file-filename = filename( iv_extra = iv_extra
                                  iv_ext   = 'abap' ).       "#EC NOTEXT
@@ -1746,4 +1749,4 @@ CLASS lcl_objects DEFINITION FINAL.
       CHANGING  ct_files   TYPE ty_file_signatures_tt
       RAISING   lcx_exception.
 
-ENDCLASS.                    "lcl_object DEFINITION
\ No newline at end of file
+ENDCLASS.                    "lcl_object DEFINITION
diff --git a/src/zabapgit_xml.prog.abap b/src/zabapgit_xml.prog.abap
index 23e1828c4..e3aece7cb 100644
--- a/src/zabapgit_xml.prog.abap
+++ b/src/zabapgit_xml.prog.abap
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ CLASS lcl_xml_output IMPLEMENTATION.
     li_doc = cl_ixml=>create( )->create_document( ).
 
     CALL TRANSFORMATION id
+      OPTIONS initial_components = 'suppress'
       SOURCE (lt_stab)
       RESULT XML li_doc.
 
@@ -424,4 +425,4 @@ CLASS lcl_xml_pretty IMPLEMENTATION.
 
   ENDMETHOD.
 
-ENDCLASS.
\ No newline at end of file
+ENDCLASS.