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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tabs and spaces
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:18:25 -0500
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Michael Witten wrote:

> You just need an editor that [...]

which many contributors don't have (or haven't configured that way).
Really.

[...]
> However, with a tabstop of 2, it looks like this:
>
>   if (foo && bar && baz &&
>       qux && quux) {
>     ...
>   } else if (quuux(quuuux, quuuuux,
>         long_expresion_comes_here(quuuuuux))) {
>     ...
>   }
>
> Notice that your `qux && quux' line (which follows the method we both like)
> remained nicely aligned, but your `long_expression_comes_here' line has
> moved back so much that it doesn't even satisfy the `right margin' rule
> anymore.

Oh, I still think a tabstop of 2 is insane (for various reasons, some
explained in the thread you mentioned).

No matter --- Junio will use --whitespace=fixup to convert your spaces
to tabs anyway.  Just thought I could give some survival tips.

Regards,
Jonathan