On 17/03/2010, at 12:16 PM, Adam Heath wrote:

> Scott Gray wrote:
>> On 17/03/2010, at 11:53 AM, Adam Heath wrote:
>> 
>>> lekt...@apache.org wrote:
>>>> Author: lektran
>>>> Date: Wed Mar 17 17:28:01 2010
>>>> New Revision: 924378
>>>> 
>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=924378&view=rev
>>>> Log:
>>>> Tabs to spaces
>>>> Modified: ofbiz/trunk/ant
>>>> URL: 
>>>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/ant?rev=924378&r1=924377&r2=924378&view=diff
>>>> ==============================================================================
>>>> --- ofbiz/trunk/ant (original)
>>>> +++ ofbiz/trunk/ant Wed Mar 17 17:28:01 2010
>>>> @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ else
>>>> fi
>>>> 
>>>> find_jar() {
>>>> -  top="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; echo "$PWD")"
>>>> -  set -- "$top"/framework/base/lib/ant-launcher-*.jar
>>>> -  if [ $# = 1 ] && [ -e "$1" ]; then
>>>> -          echo "$1"
>>>> -  else
>>>> -          echo "Couldn't find ant-launcher.jar" 1>&2
>>>> -          exit 1
>>>> -  fi
>>>> +    top="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; echo "$PWD")"
>>>> +    set -- "$top"/framework/base/lib/ant-launcher-*.jar
>>>> +    if [ $# = 1 ] && [ -e "$1" ]; then
>>>> +        echo "$1"
>>>> +    else
>>>> +        echo "Couldn't find ant-launcher.jar" 1>&2
>>>> +        exit 1
>>>> +    fi
>>>> }
>>>> "$JAVA" -jar "$(find_jar)" "$@"
>>> I disagree.  shell scripts need to be tab-based.
>> 
>> Why?
> 
> What there a discussion as to how shell scripts should be formatted?
> I've used tabs for  years, tons of scripts I have worked in have used
> tabs.  Is there a well known standard for formatting in shell scripts?
> 
> Changing it to match how it is done in other files is not reason enough.

We've never discussed file type specific formatting guidelines, so I guess the 
assumption has always been that we use consistent formatting everywhere.
You having used tabs for years is just as equally not a good reason to use tabs 
when everything else uses spaces.


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