Re: [PATCH v2] editorconfig: Add automatic editor configuration file

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 12:31:43AM -0700, Danny Lin wrote:
> +# This avoids introducing too many unnecessary changes in trivial commits
> +trim_trailing_whitespace = false

I think we prefer trailing whitespace to be trimmed, even for trivial commits.

> +# General 4-space files
> +[*.{pl,pm,py,tc,json,tc}]
> +indent_style = space
> +indent_size = 4
> +
> +# General 2-space files
> +[*.{rb,rst,yaml,cocci,xsl,svg,bconf,clang-format}]
> +indent_style = space
> +indent_size = 2

The rst files I've seen either use tabs or three spaces for indent.
Where did this 2 come from?