lib/credo/check/consistency/tabs_or_spaces.ex

defmodule Credo.Check.Consistency.TabsOrSpaces do
  use Credo.Check,
    id: "EX1007",
    run_on_all: true,
    base_priority: :high,
    tags: [:formatter],
    param_defaults: [
      force: nil
    ],
    explanations: [
      check: """
      Tabs should be used consistently.

      NOTE: This check does not verify the indentation depth, but checks whether
      or not soft/hard tabs are used consistently across all source files.

      It is very common to use 2 spaces wide soft-tabs, but that is not a strict
      requirement and you can use hard-tabs if you like that better.

      While this is not necessarily a concern for the correctness of your code,
      you should use a consistent style throughout your codebase.
      """,
      params: [
        force: "Force a choice, values can be `:spaces` or `:tabs`."
      ]
    ]

  @collector Credo.Check.Consistency.TabsOrSpaces.Collector

  @doc false
  @impl true
  def run_on_all_source_files(exec, source_files, params) do
    @collector.find_and_append_issues(source_files, exec, params, &issues_for/3)
  end

  defp issues_for(expected, source_file, params) do
    issue_meta = IssueMeta.for(source_file, params)

    lines_with_issues = @collector.find_locations_not_matching(expected, source_file)

    Enum.map(lines_with_issues, fn line_no ->
      format_issue(issue_meta,
        message: message_for(expected),
        line_no: line_no,
        trigger: trigger_for(expected)
      )
    end)
  end

  defp trigger_for(:spaces = _expected), do: "\t"
  defp trigger_for(:tabs = _expected), do: " "

  defp message_for(:spaces = _expected) do
    "File is using tabs while most of the files use spaces for indentation."
  end

  defp message_for(:tabs = _expected) do
    "File is using spaces while most of the files use tabs for indentation."
  end
end