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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: On Tabs and Spaces
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:48:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Tom Tobin wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 11:54 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > In contrast, your argument seems to be "I've not actually done anything, 
> > but I want to paint the bikeshed pink".
> 
> Because, once again, being new makes one incorrect, doesn't it?
> 
> You've essentially demonstrated that git's "benevolent" dictator is an
> asshole, and even worse, an irrational asshole.  It's one thing to deal
> with a community member like that; when it's the BD, I think I'll move
> along elsewhere.  Congratulations.

If you can't overcome your dislike for tabs and accept that this is the 
coding style for the Git project then please go away.

Can this discussion, rational or not, just stop now?


Nicolas