TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

[Umair Ayub]

I get following error while I run pipreqs . on Windows or Linux both.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts\pipreqs.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pipreqs\pipreqs.py", line 528, in main
    init(args)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pipreqs\pipreqs.py", line 455, in init
    candidates = get_all_imports(input_path,
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pipreqs\pipreqs.py", line 131, in get_all_imports
    raise exc
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\pipreqs\pipreqs.py", line 117, in get_all_imports
    tree = ast.parse(contents)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\ast.py", line 51, in parse
    return compile(source, filename, mode, flags, _feature_version=feature_version)
  File "<unknown>", line 44
    super(MyThread, self).__init__(group=group, target=target,
TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

[Alan Barzilay]

have you identified the file that raises this error? would it be possible to share it? I can' t replicate the error at the moment

[Alan Barzilay]

also, are you sure you are using a file with valid python code? this looks like a borked file, from the error message