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On 7/3/2014 2:23 PM, Tobiah wrote:
> I think your suggestion of having GIT handle the transformations
> is the way we'll go.  nothing to quibble or worry about.  Well put
> spaces in the repository since it still seems to be the community's
> preference and I'll convert to tabs with GIT on the fly.  Problem
> solved.

Just watch out for mixed tabs and spaces in the same file -- a tab 
counts as eight spaces and can be used interchangeably in python2.

Emile