How to make git-config to use spaces instead of tabs
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Solution
This was answered above in a comment by @Wolf, but to reiterate: this is hard-coded in Git's `write_pair` (formerly `store_write_pair`) implementation, which was most recently refactored in 2017 and originally implemented in 2005.
Problem
When I use git-config to edit my .gitconfig file, it inserts tabs. Is there a way to make it insert spaces instead of tabs? (The motivation is that when I hand-edit the file, I always insert spaces. Git's use of tabs makes the file inconsistent. Of course I could just use tabs myself, but that's just ridiculous.)