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by flukus 2547 days ago
> I just go with what ever my auto formatter uses.

Great on new code, but if you're doing this with older and messier codebases and not limiting the formatting to just your changes then you will ruin git/svn blame, at least places that don't ignore whitespace. If others are using the blame tool and frequently see your name then your coworkers might think less of you, even though it was just an auto formatter change.

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If the team agrees with the formatting, I don't think anyone would "think less of you" for applying it.