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Visual Studio 2022 convert spaces to tabs on checkout and back to spaces on checkin

I'm working with people who want to make leading spaces mandatory in our DevOps codebase. I use tabs. Is there a way to configure Visual Studio 2022 to automatically convert leading spaces to tabs when I check out a file, and back to spaces when I check it in?

This project will use Git version control, so it looks like the "Team Foundation check-in policy" trick won't work(?).

Solution

  • In the end, I managed to implement a Git pre-commit hook that mangles the files to my coworkers' masochistic standards, and notifies Git of what it just did so the automated changes are actually committed.

    git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=AM | "C:\<path>\MyGitPreCommit.exe" && git add -u