Strange indenting for Java Eclipse project on Github

Question

Everything is good in Eclipse, indenting is fine. Then I put my code on github and for some reason the indenting was a mess. I am not sure what is going on?

Thanks

Answer 1

If those indentation issues are reflected back in your code after a git push to GitHub, you either have:

• a hook removing spaces before tab (as in "Make git automatically remove trailing whitespace before committing")
• or a filter content driver declared ina .gitattributes file (as in "Can git automatically switch between spaces and tabs?")

Those are the two automatic mechanisms that could explain a change during the git commit.

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But if your code looks fine locally after the git push, but looks not fine on GitHub, then you must have a combination of space and tabs correctly rendered locally, and rendered differently on GitHub.

As mentioned in "Indentation issue using sublime text 2":

The problem is not hard tabs, the problem is mixing spaces and tabs for indentation.

Answer 2

I got this working in eclipse:

Eclipse Settings:

• Preferences : Java -> Code Style -> Formatter
• Create new profile
• Update profile indent settings:

Update Existing Java Source:

• (Toolbar) Source : Correct Indentation
• Check file, you should see all indentations use spaces, not tabs