Isn’t is easier to just set your diff display to ignore white space changes? Most modern IDEs have this option.
> On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:59 AM, David Riley <fraveyd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2020, at 8:35 AM, Manlio Perillo <manlio.peri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is not a matter of style. It is a matter of having clean diffs in >> commits. > > It is both. > > You may prioritize clean diffs, and I understand your reasons for that. Many > other people prioritize readability over clean diffs. Neither side is > *wrong*, because it's all subjective, but I think it would be better to get > some sense of how it would affect users either way before committing to a > path. Otherwise, you will wind up with pitchforks and torches. > > My belief is that the status quo is actually the best compromise, but I'm > willing to be convinced otherwise. However, I'm unlikely to be convinced > that a new "magic" tab that won't be supported by the vast majority of > existing editors, terminals, printers, browsers and the like is going to be > the solution. > > You could always split the baby and use a default tabstop of, say, 30 or 40 > columns and let longer identifiers just run over. That's unlikely to really > satisfy anyone, but it's equally unlikely to dissatisfy folks to the extent > that changing to a single space will. > > Note that any change made is going to wind up producing ENORMOUS superfluous > diffs the first time anyone uses it on existing code that's already been > formatted, not unlike the problem of converting hard tabs to spaces or vice > versa, so bear that in mind. > > > - Dave > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/81701ED1-D431-4B36-8E6D-0E4FF8EB763C%40gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/14795245-764E-400F-9706-BC5BEA5993ED%40ix.netcom.com.
