Re: [PATCH] Make the global packed_git variable static to sha1_file.c.

> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 12/02/14 14:57, Stefan Zager wrote:
>>> From b4796d9d99c03b0b7cddd50808a41413e45f1129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Stefan Zager <szager@chromium.org>
>>> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:55:12 -0800
>>> Subject: [PATCH] Make the global packed_git variable static to sha1_file.c.
>>
>> I'm not really qualified to comment on substance but there are some
>> basic style issues w.r.t. whitespace namely using 4 spaces for indent
>> and mixing tabs/spaces. This might seem pedantic for the first round of
>> a patch but it does put off reviewers.
>>
>> From Documentation/CodingGuidelines:
>>
>>  - We use tabs to indent, and interpret tabs as taking up to
>>    8 spaces.
>
> My bad, I will upload a fixed patch.  In my defense: I edited the code
> in emacs and then ran "M-x tabify" over the entire file.  But that had
> the unfortunate side effect of adding a bunch of whitespace-only
> changes to the diff, illuminating the fact that there is already mixed
> whitespace in the existing code.  So I had to go back and selectively
> tabify my changes, and I clearly missed a bunch.
>
> If anyone has a recommendation for a less labor-intensive way to do
> this in emacs, I'd be very grateful.