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From: Nick Gearls <nickgearls@gmail.com>
To: Erik Cervin Edin <erik@cervined.in>, rsbecker@nexbridge.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git Diff feature request
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 08:53:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3e2cf38-31e0-7b3e-af79-88226dcdabe5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+JQ7M_tQG4yzSeHjZxPWuWEOM=iSLrWxojQGcpL9E7FcoXLRg@mail.gmail.com>

When you want to compare 2 versions of a repo you don't own, you don't 
have the option to apply a formatting standard ...

On 31-12-2021 12:15, Erik Cervin Edin wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 11:23 AM<rsbecker@nexbridge.com>  wrote:
>> One interesting technique I have seen used is to set up a pre-commit hook and/or clean filter to format code according to corporate/team standards. Reprocessing code prior to the commit would allow a normalization of coding standards and removing of EOL or space/tab concerns.
>> ...
>> We use a similar technique (enforced only by policy right now, not a hook), which is to require code to run through standard IDE source formatting. Improperly formatted code hitting pull requests gets a decline until the code is properly formatted.
> I agree with Randall, the easiest solution is to adhere to a formatting standard


  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-03  7:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-30 11:33 Git Diff feature request Nick Gearls
2021-12-30 12:26 ` rsbecker
2021-12-31 11:15   ` Erik Cervin Edin
2022-01-03  7:53     ` Nick Gearls [this message]
     [not found]     ` <83d398ce-caba-34f7-3727-3e7f5d396127@gmail.com>
2022-01-03 10:14       ` Erik Cervin Edin

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