Re: pgsql: Properly indent postgresql.conf comments to align - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pgsql: Properly indent postgresql.conf comments to align
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Msg-id 20161027134837.GA2770@momjian.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Properly indent postgresql.conf comments to align  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@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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