indent auto-fix does not distinguish between tabs and spaces

Using ESLint 1.6.0, but I see the logic issue in master as well.

Looks like indent’s auto-fix only knows how to remove or add indent characters. It doesn’t seem to detect that, for example, if tabs are expected but a file has spaces, then the whole space range should be replaced with the whole expected tab range.

As a result, I get the following issue (using . to represent space and \t to represent tab):

Input:

/* eslint indent: [2, "tab"] */
var input = {
....key: "value"
};

Expected output:

var input = {
\tkey: "value"
};

Actual output: var input = { …\tkey: “value” };

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[platinumazure]

@demian85 As you can see, the issue has been closed by a merged pull request, so this is fixed on master. Please look forward to the next release (eslint@3.6.0 this Friday).

[demian85]

Any news on this issue? I’m still having the same problem and I cannot find a solution. Thanks.