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I have several Javascript projects, where some projects use 2 spaces for indentation and other projects use 4 spaces for indentation. Is there a project-specific way to set the indentation?

I am able to manually resolve this issue for each project by running (js2-basic-offset 2) or (js2-basic-offset 4), but can I configure this setting on a per-project basis?

Perhaps there is a dot-file that I can add to my project's root folder where I can configure settings?

I use js2-mode with tern-js if that helps. And for the record, I love it! But I would love to be able to customize this minor detail.

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Perhaps there is a dot-file that I can add to my project's root folder where I can configure settings?

Yes. It is called "Per-Directory Local Variables" aka ".dir-locals.el".

Create a file named .dir-locals.el in the project root directory and have project specific configurations in it. More info (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DirectoryVariables)

You should put ((js-mode (js2-basic-offset . 2))) inside the .dir-locals.el file

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    Great answer! And it's not just tern/js2-mode specific - it applies to many other use cases as well. I learn a little more about emacs every day :)
    – modulitos
    Jun 26, 2016 at 22:39

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