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From:
Andy Lester
Date:
November 11, 2016 14:57
Subject:
Re: Tabs and spaces in patches
Message ID:
D0A86139-C832-4158-A70E-2407683087BC@petdance.com

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 5:37 AM, Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> wrote:
> 
> Is there an argument I shouldn't make a patch changing all leading
> tabs to spaces? 


Yes, because then “git annotate” will show that you have made the last edit on every line in the codebase.

Tabs instead of spaces drive me nuts, too, but not enough that I want to add an otherwise-meaningless change to every line.

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Andy Lester => www.petdance.com


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