Re: [PATCH] doc: fix merge-base ASCII art tab spacing

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 21, 2016, 00:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq60omedcr.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161021002252.u5v3mwjopvsdcexg@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:40:09AM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:
>
>> The doc-tool stack does not always respect the 'tab = 8 spaces' rule,
>> particularly the git-scm doc pages https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge-base
>> and the Git generated html pages.
>
> Hmm, I thought git-scm.com was fixed by:
>
>   https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/commit/1e13397edccdecd0e06ff851cffaa1c44e140bf3
>
> Not that I mind using spaces consistently here on principle. I just
> didn't think it was a problem anymore (my asciidoc seems to get it
> right, too).

I do not terribly mind it, either, and I'd prefer to apply Philip's patch eventually. But I'd rather want to do so _after_ known broken sites, if there are any, are fixed by correcting their tools.