How can I prevent PerlTidy from aligning assignments but keep adding single spaces?

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How can I prevent PerlTidy from aligning assignments but keep adding single spaces?

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Answer 1

The following patch worked for me:

--- Tidy.pm.org 2009-06-16 22:00:50.000000000 +0200
+++ Tidy.pm 2010-12-28 09:43:19.625000000 +0100
@@ -12404,7 +12404,7 @@
         # accept vertical alignment.

         # nothing to do if we aren't allowed to change whitespace
-        if ( !$rOpts_add_whitespace ) {
+        if ( 1 || !$rOpts_add_whitespace ) {
             for my $i ( 0 .. $max_index_to_go ) {
                 $matching_token_to_go[$i] = '';
             }