Re: [PATCH 1/3] git-apply: fix whitespace stripping

> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 10:55:25AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
>> As far as I can see, this does not really work since it does not
>> maintain an idea of a current column.
>> 
>> If you have
>> 
>> abcd<four spaces><tab><four spaces><tab>
>> 
>> then indeed the resulting conversion needs to be <tab><tab><tab>
>> whereas with
>> 
>> abc<four spaces><tab><four spaces><tab>
>> 
>> the resulting conversion needs to be just <tab><tab>
>
> Note that this code *only* handles whitespace in the initial indent;
> processing stops as soon as it hits anything other than a tab or an
> indent.
>
> Given that, I believe the proposed patch is correct.  Am I missing
> something else?