Last week, I heard a compelling argument for using spaces (in your repo, not your editor).
My position so far: Tabs are better, not because it saves memory, but because it's a semantic thing. Same reason why you don't commit build artifacts.
But: What if your developers are confused by indentation? Or unable to configure their editor properly?
Which makes a lot of sense depending on the people one is working with.
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