How to set tab size in GitHub web interface

Question

So I recently created a GitHub account. Among other things a problem that I seem to have it tabs. When you are creating a new folder in repository, Github hasthe following options:

Indent Mode
- Spaces
- Tabs
Indent Size
- 2
- 4
- 8
Line Wrap mode
- No wrap
- Soft wrap

The problem I seem to be having is that when I set the following values:

indent mode to tabs
indent size to 4

When I save that file it is automatically set to tabs and 8

What is going on here?

Why is indent size getting set to 8 even when I specifically set it to 4?

How are you verifying that the indent size is set to 8 instead of 4? — Jonathan Hall, May 25 '18 at 08:18
@Flimzy : After saving when I go back to check the tab size is 8, also when I go to edit mode again tab size is 8 — Muhammad Salman, May 25 '18 at 08:23
@MuhammadSalman Can you approve the answer below if it serves your purpose? — Harshal Yeole, Aug 15 '18 at 11:47
Does this answer your question? [How to change tab size on GitHub?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8833953/how-to-change-tab-size-on-github) — Grant, Jun 14 '20 at 18:32
Sept. 2021: you now have a [GitHub setting](https://stackoverflow.com/a/69271299/6309)! — VonC, Sep 21 '21 at 15:08

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '18 at 08:30

The default tab size in GitHub is set to 8.

You can achieve indentation by using selecting indent mode as spaces and setting it to 4 or whatever you want.

To check the file on GitHub with different indentation you can append ?ts=2 or ?ts=4 to the URL to change the tab-size.

How to set tab size in GitHub web interface

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