git gurus: Any way to set it up to auto-warn contributors about tab indents?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Sunday, August 14, 2011 21:50:29 Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:48:26 +0300, dsimcha <dsimcha at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > What's wrong with configuring your editor to convert tabs to spaces?  I
> > know CodeBlocks, Vim and Notepad++ do this for you if you configure them
> > right (though I don't remember exactly how to configure Vim to do this).
> > 
> >   Any other editor worth its salt should, too.  I use this for all my
> > 
> > code, not just Phobos.  I prefer to type a tab because it's much easier
> > to type than some specific number of spaces, but I prefer to have spaces
> > in my code because they take up a consistent amount of columns on all
> > viewers, whereas different tab stops can really make your code look
> > messy.
> 
> Oh boy, here we go again.
> 
> No, some people prefer to use tabs for their code. If you use them
> correctly (tabs for INDENTATION, spaces for ALIGNMENT), your code will
> look great on all tab widths.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TabsSpacesBoth :)

In any case, why I'm completly and totally in the camp that thinks that tabs 
should be abolished from the face of the earth, I do understand that some 
people choose to use tabs. So, it's perfectly reasonable to look for a 
solution where git catches it for you. Brad's suggestion is the correct way to 
do it, I believe.

- Jonathan M Davis