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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] git-apply: complain about >=8 consecutive spaces
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On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 05:24:31PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> writes:
> 
> > 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.

OK.

> 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?

OK.  Or maybe keep the current commandline options and have a
whitespace-style config option someplace?

I'm afraid I won't get to either anytime soon, though, so that project's
up for grabs....

--b.