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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a lot more than indentation and newline policies. The default editorconfig is a few hundred lines. But there's also no reason not to standardize indentation and newline policies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Standardizing within a project or even a company is important.

Standardizing across an industry or language is not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Feel free to point out a disadvantage. As a .NET dev I appreciate the semblance of consistency. Different codebases differ enough already, it's just easier on the eyes when everyone is using the same basic conventions.