> Why can't our source control software take code indented any way, any how, and convert it to your personal preference when you pull the repo? It's not like we enforce what color syntax highlighting you use or what font.

Because the mapping from one whitespace style to another is not a bijection. Moreover, our source control tools rely on things like content hashes which change when even a single bit of the source has changed, and sometimes even our language parsers depend on whitespace format.

Frustrating, I know, but you will not see a resolution to this problem with automated tools alone. You will, however, when the Tab key is removed from keyboards altogether :)