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Default indentation of dependencies in `pyproject.toml`

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#5,852 opened on Aug 7, 2024

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While it is not explicitly stated, the PyPA guide to the pyproject.toml file uses two spaces for the default indentation of TOML arrays - see https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#dependencies-and-requirements. uv is currently using four spaces.

I know that uv is able to respect the existing indentation level in the pyproject.toml file (see https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/5009) which is nice.

Nevertheless, I wanted to pose this as an open question as to what the default setting should be.

(The same discussion from Rye - https://github.com/astral-sh/rye/issues/1078)

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Find the constant or code that sets the default indentation for TOML arrays in pyproject.toml creation and change it from 4 spaces to 2 spaces.
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