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[PATCH] Documentation: indent-with-non-tab uses "equivalent tabs" not 8

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Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net>
Date
Sep 17, 2012, 14:22 UTC
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From: "Wesley J. Landaker" <wjl@icecavern.net>

Update the documentation of the core.whitespace option "indent-with-non-tab" to correctly reflect that it catches the use of spaces instead of the equivalent tabs, rather than a fixed number.

Signed-off-by: Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6416cae..11f320b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -559,8 +559,9 @@ core.whitespace::
 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
   before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
   error (enabled by default).
-* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
-  space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
+  characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
+  default).
 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
   the line as an error (not enabled by default).
 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
-- 
1.7.10.4
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  1. Documentation: indent-with-non-tab uses tabwidth setting, not just 8Wesley J. Landaker, Sep 16, 2012
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  4. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2012
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  6. Documentation: indent-with-non-tab uses "equivalent tabs" not 8Wesley J. Landaker, Sep 17, 2012
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