[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] Fix automatic indentation mode for recent emacs, use fewer columns in .git

[Michel Dänzer]

On 03.04.2015 06:38, Carl Worth wrote:
> I recently noticed (after upgrading to emacs 24?) that I was no longer
> getting automatic C-style settings in emacs like I was accustomed to
> getting. That is, I was now getting a default indentation of 8 and
> indentation with tabs instead of spaces.
> 
> It appears that the .dir-locals.el file is no longer taking
> effect. Presumably, emacs was previously using "prog-mode" for C and
> C++ source files but is now using a mode with some other name?
> 
> I didn't chase down the name of the current mode, but just using "nil"
> makes these variables get set on all files, (which should be mostly
> harmless), and should be compatible with both old and new emacs.
> 
> I did verify that the later change in this file (to indent with tabs
> when in makefile-mode) still takes precendence as desired.
> 
> While editing these files, I've also set things up to use a smaller
> value for fill-column when editing a file within the ".git"
> directory. This will help avoid commit messages getting wrapped when
> "git log" adds some extra indentation.

Acked-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com>

But you should probably confirm with Neil Roberts that this doesn't
break anything for him.


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