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Re: What tab spacing is everyone using for changes



> I run GNU indent on the files before updating or creating patches - GNU
> indent sets spaces to tabs at 8 chars, realigns paragraphs etc.

Be careful - this might change lines you didn't touch, making any
diffs you generate difficult for us to review and/or apply.

Also, "diff -w" may help if you do use indent; it ignores space
changes to lines that didn't otherwise change.


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