[parted-devel] Re: indentation changes render parted/ui.c nearly unmergeable

[Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray]

>> Is this the mechanism that will reject any patch that does not conform to
>> the coding standard? If yes, then fantastic. To augment it we can still

> That's the goal.  I don't know if it's attainable.
> It might be too draconian.

It would save a lot of headache later on. If we have a clearly stated
coding style, then it is not too harsh. Then everybody knows how to
write what.

> It might be nearly as good to have a way to check manually,
> e.g., "make check-indentation".  Then there won't be the hook-related
> overhead (and complexity) of checking at every push.  Think what happens
> when your carefully prepared, locally-committed patch cannot be pushed
> because of the hook.  You'd have to redo it to get past the hook.

Can't we have the hook on our local repositories as well?

Happy hacking,
Debarshi
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