From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:31:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] config: add --comment option to add a comment
Message-ID: <xmqq7ci8pi9d.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <349b8a67931a2fddfff35db393023bf0@manjaro.org>

Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> writes:

> However, I think there should be some way to allow the users to choose
> the kind of spacing between the automatically added comments and their
> respective values.  Yes, readability may be subjective, but I think
> that the users should be allowed some kind of choice.

As to the whitespace _before_ the '#', we can just pick one and
leave the choice to users' editor, which they have to resort to
anyway for even trivial things like fixing typos.  I am fine to
defer the choice between HT and SP to Ralph as the person in the
driver seat,

As to the whitespace _after_ the '#', I would say we have obligation
to the users to be consistent with other codepaths that we already
write our own comments.  "# " is the only sensible choice of the
default there, and we can allow other styles as I outlined in a
separate message if we wanted to.