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Converting a Git repo from tabs to spaces (eev.ee)
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[–] BatmanAoD 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Every single time I've tried to work on a file using tabs, I've had to configure my tabstop to be the same width the original author used in order to make the formatting reasonable. I understand that in theory customizable tabstops is preferable, but I've yet to see it work well.

(For what it's worth, I think that elastic tabstops, had they been the way tabs worked in text files to begin with, would have been far preferable.)