indentation configuration only for some files

Question

I want to use

git config core.whitespace tab-in-indent,tabwidth=4

I want to have these settings for c++ files, so that I get warnings when ther

Answer 1

You can use gitattributes to tweak these settings. Here's a snippet of my .gitattributes file:

*.c     text diff=cpp whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.cpp   text diff=cpp whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.h     text diff=cpp whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.hpp   text diff=cpp whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.py    text diff=python whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.tex   text diff=tex whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.java  text diff=java whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.pl    text diff=perl whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.php   text diff=php whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent
*.rb    text diff=ruby whitespace=trailing-space,space-before-tab,tab-in-indent

*.vcproj    eol=crlf
*.dsp       eol=crlf
*.dsw       eol=crlf

*.sh    eol=lf

*.jpg   binary
*.png   binary
*.gif   binary
*.tiff  binary

To adjust your whitespace settings, you could use something like:

*.ext   whitespace=tab-in-indent,tabwidth=4

The *.ext can point at paths, contain globs, etc. It's pretty flexible mechanism.