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| author | Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> | 2010-12-03 17:47:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-12-03 15:22:59 -0800 |
| commit | f36a4fa8ef611c37c890ed21a388a5ece801a3de (patch) | |
| tree | 189263321a9d98008fdebb8541b9b5e0cf55bd5f /Documentation/CodingGuidelines | |
| parent | 3bae8d4da1ee7fce0cf1ef9fcf49656ca1e48769 (diff) | |
| download | git-f36a4fa8ef611c37c890ed21a388a5ece801a3de.tar.gz | |
CodingGuidelines: mention whitespace preferences for shell scripts
Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 09ffc46563..46f8a3fab1 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ But if you must have a list of rules, here they are. For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive): + - We use tabs for indentation. + + - Case arms are indented at the same depth as case and esac lines. + - We prefer $( ... ) for command substitution; unlike ``, it properly nests. It should have been the way Bourne spelled it from day one, but unfortunately isn't. |