Whitespace

Whitespace refers to indentation and line breaks.

Indentation

Indentation is always done with tabs, not spaces.

If you cannot tab, use 4 spaces.

do
    do
        do
            -- Good indentation
        end
    end
end

Do not use unneeded indentation, and maintain indentation so that it matches the scope in best possible way.

Line breaks

Separate different sections of userdata and more with line breaks, as shown in juxtaposition.

The rule of thumb is to always prefer a line break when programming anything if it means your code becomes more readable.

Excessive line breaks are not acceptable, since it's just more you have to scroll through. Here is an example of excessive line breaks:

local foo = 5










local function bar()

end