astyle options [Was: Scaheme formatting with astyle]

[Derek Atkins]

Christian Stimming <stimming at tuhh.de> writes:

>> I wonder if there's some way we could get the subversion server to
>> make white space indentation changes when changesets are committed?
>> Then we'd have a single place where all white space is controlled
>> (namely, on the server).
>
> I don't think this is a good idea. It would mean the commits are sent
> from the client to the server, then modified on the server before
> actually committing them, causing a different commit than what the
> client previously sent. IIRC the SVN documentation recommends strongly
> against this. Instead, they say the server should merely have a allow
> / deny decision up front, but it should not modify the commit
> itself. The modification needs to be done by the user before the
> actual commit.
>
> In this case I'd stick with the SVN proposals and not have any modifications 
> of the commit on the server side.

Fair enough.  Secondary question: once we have the astyle in place
should we add a pre-commit hook test that verifies that the style is
enforced?

> Regards,
>
> Christian

-derek

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