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This was actually a significant issue in a large PHP codebase I used to work on. Client hired a new guy who insisted that we convert everything to spaces, and
by TOGoS 4y ago
This was actually a significant issue in a large PHP codebase I used to work on. Client hired a new guy who insisted that we convert everything to spaces, and suddenly it took about twice as long to check the thing out from Subversion.
- ElijahLynn 4y agoThat doesn't make sense that spaces vs tabs would result in a 2x longer checkout. Something else is at play if that is the case.
- wombatpm 4y agoHe did mention it was subversion
- CoastalCoder 4y agoI see your confusion. They said Subversion with a capital S. So the source control system, not the covert destruction of a dev team from within. Easy mistake to make. (... Stupid git.)
- jtokoph 4y agoMaybe the codebase was one giant index.php file with an average of 20 levels of nested conditionals and open curly braces on a new line.
- noduerme 4y agoSomeone who comes onto a project and actually wants to charge money to sit there and convert tabs to spaces or vice versa. Incredible.
- eyko 4y agoMy attitude is generally "Which one, pick one, this one, classic"
- noduerme 4y agoOr like, cool, this is the code style. I don't care if it's sublime or stinks to heaven. When we get to a total rewrite we'll address that. Which features are you hiring me to implement? Which bugs need to be fixed? How can I not waste my time or yours? Seriously, this takes yak shaving to a whole new level.