Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Coding styles (not cranky mode)

[Mitch Davis <mjd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jules Bean wrote:
> 
> It is possible, I think, to set up cvs so that every time you checkout a
> file it is indented using indent to your personal style, and whenever
> you check it back in it is re-indented using the 'house style'.

This is in general a bad idea.  First, it assumes that every
drop of code in CVS is house-style.

Second (and more importantly), if you make changes, and send out
a diff for people to test, that diff won't patch correctly against
the code of others.

Regards,

Mitch.
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