| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgsql: Properly indent postgresql.conf comments to align |
| Date: | 2016-10-27 13:48:37 |
| Message-ID: | 20161027134837.GA2770@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 08:37:59AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I suggest that the best way out of this might be to detab
> > postgresql.conf.sample entirely, and ditto for our other sample
> > config files. We could probably set up .gitattributes to make
> > git complain if anyone re-introduces tabs into those files.
>
> Uh, the postgresql.conf file is full of tabs, and they all assume
> 8-space tabs. I was just making those few lines consistent.
>
> Not sure we want to remove all tabs though.
One advantage of using tabs in postgresql.conf is that you can
add/remove comment markers on a key/value line, or add a few characters,
without causing the end-of-line comment to shift.
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