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Re: [PATCH 2/3] git-apply: complain about >=8 consecutive spaces in initial indent

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2007, 00:24 UTC
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"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> writes:
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> Complain if we find 8 spaces or more in a row as part of the initial
> whitespace on a line, and (with --whitespace=stripspace) replace such by
> a tab.
>
> Well, linux's checkpatch.pl complains about this sort of thing.

Some people program in Python, so I am afraid that this needs to be a separate option.

Maybe it is time to redo the --whitespace options as bitmasks so that we can say --whitespace-fix=tab,tail,lines to pick and choose which kinds of breakage to fix?

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  1. J. Bruce FieldsSep 16, 2007
  2. 1/3 git-apply: fix whitespace strippingJ. Bruce Fields, Sep 16, 2007
  3. 2/3 git-apply: complain about >=8 consecutive spaces in initial indentJ. Bruce Fields, Sep 16, 2007
  4. 3/3 git-apply: add tests for stripping of leading and trailing whitespaceJ. Bruce Fields, Sep 16, 2007
  5. Krzysztof HalasaSep 17, 2007
  6. J. Bruce FieldsSep 17, 2007
  7. Krzysztof HalasaSep 17, 2007
  8. J. Bruce FieldsSep 18, 2007
  9. Martin LanghoffSep 16, 2007
  10. J. Bruce FieldsSep 17, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2007
  12. J. Bruce FieldsSep 17, 2007
  13. git-diff: complain about >=8 consecutive spaces in initial indentJunio C Hamano, Oct 3, 2007
  14. David KastrupSep 18, 2007
  15. J. Bruce FieldsSep 18, 2007
  16. David KastrupSep 18, 2007

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