From dc699381757c836fa39197af79e25f9cb7a9e9a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ruflin Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:19:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about editorconfig to CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 961f1a7140f5..3b5024da97a5 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Packetbeat: Some of the Beats might have extra development requirements, in which case you'll find a CONTRIBUTING.md file in the Beat directory. +We use an [EditorConfig](http://editorconfig.org/) file in the beats repository to standardise +how different editors handle whitespace, line endings, and other coding styles in our files. Most popular editors have a +[plugin](http://editorconfig.org/#download) for EditorConfig and we strongly recommend that you install it. + ## Update scripts The Beats use a variety of scripts based on Python to generate configuration files