Re: [PATCH] Remove tab character from conflicted files list part of the merge message

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Hi,

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Andy Parkins wrote:

> So what I thought I was formatting as (for example)
> 
> Conflicts:
>     file.c
>      * Chose upstream version over mine, but integrated my small typo fix.
> 
> Was appearing in the log display as
> 
> Conflicts:
>         file.c
>      * Chose upstream version over mine, but integrated my small typo fix.
> 
> Which isn't how I'd intended at all.
> 
> The fix is of course - no tabs.  Tabs for formatting is always going to 
> cause trouble, so this patch swaps the tab for spaces.

And of course the next guy will have the reverse problem, because he typed 
<TAB><SPACE> instead of <SPACE>*5. What do you tell _him_ after "fixing" 
this issue? "Do as _I_ do"?

Ciao,
Dscho

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