Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> > > A new whitespace "rule" is added that sets the tab width to use for > whitespace checks and fix-ups and replaces the hard-coded constant 8. > > Since the setting is part of the rules, it can be set per file using > .gitattributes. > > The new configuration is backwards compatible because older git versions > simply ignore unknown whitespace rules. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> > --- > I have a project that uses tab width 4, and which has a lot of whitespace > errors. This is very helpful to spot them when lines are changed that > are indented with 4 spaces. Heh, I like it. This will be the second killer feature to upgrade to the upcoming release. We really should start calming things down. I am sort of surprised how the patch does not have to touch neither diff.c nor apply.c at all---it demonstrates how solidly and cleanly the ws.c infrastructure was done in the first place, I guess ;-). Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html