[HADOOP-7334] test-patch should check for hard tabs

• Type: Test
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Implemented
• Fix Version/s: HADOOP-12111
• Component/s: build, test
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 26/May/11 18:43
• Updated: 27/Jun/15 17:46
• Resolved: 27/Jun/15 17:46

Description

Our coding guidelines say that hard tabs are disallowed in the Hadoop code, but they sometimes sneak in (there are about 280 in the common codebase at the moment).

We should run a simple check for this in the test-patch process so it's harder for them to sneak in.

Issue Links

• Is contained by: HADOOP-12113 update test-patch branch to latest code