On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 05:24:31PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Complain if we find 8 spaces or more in a row as part of the initial > > whitespace on a line, and (with --whitespace=stripspace) replace such by > > a tab. > > > > Well, linux's checkpatch.pl complains about this sort of thing. > > Some people program in Python, so I am afraid that this needs to > be a separate option. OK. > Maybe it is time to redo the --whitespace options as bitmasks so > that we can say --whitespace-fix=tab,tail,lines to pick and > choose which kinds of breakage to fix? OK. Or maybe keep the current commandline options and have a whitespace-style config option someplace? I'm afraid I won't get to either anytime soon, though, so that project's up for grabs.... --b. - 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