Re: [PATCH 1/2] War on whitespace: first, a bit of retreat.

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David Symonds wrote:
> On 11/2/07, Andreas Ericsson <ae@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> David Symonds wrote:
>>> On 11/2/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> This introduces core.whitespace configuration variable that lets
>>>> you specify the definition of "whitespace error".
>>>>
>>>> Currently there are two kinds of whitespace errors defined:
>>>>
>>>>  * trailing-space: trailing whitespaces at the end of the line.
>>>>
>>>>  * space-before-tab: a SP appears immediately before HT in the
>>>>    indent part of the line.
>>>
>>>>         [core]
>>>>                 whitespace = -trailing-space
>>>
>>> Could I suggest naming the option 'whitespaceError', so it's clearer
>>> that it's a negative setting?
>>
>> Which would also open the window for "WhitespaceWarning" and "WhitespaceAutofix"
>> later on, using the same semantics.
> 
> Maybe cut straight to the chase:
> 
> [core]
>         whitespace.trailing = error
>         whitespace.space-before-tab = error
>         whitespace.8-spaces = warn
> 
> There'd be at least "error", "warn"; "okay" and "autofix" would be
> other sensible values. I'm willing to help code this up if this sounds
> good.

Nice idea, but the syntax is

[core "whitespace"]
        trailing = error
        space-before-tab = error
        indent-with-space = warn

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git


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