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| author | Sytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com> | 2015-01-07 14:59:22 -0800 |
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| committer | Sytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com> | 2015-01-07 14:59:22 -0800 |
| commit | 703087b8bfb2e416cc429da28a4bf7b12743ff49 (patch) | |
| tree | 18825b42dc4d59cf2559159b6f9694dd8665ff42 | |
| parent | 757df0142f521380b92d28a721a7fd2bd8aa382f (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-prose-requirement.tar.gz | |
User interface text guideline added.prose-requirement
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index c82a4c623e0..c49a3b2e787 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ If you add a dependency in GitLab (such as an operating system package) please c 1. [CoffeeScript](https://github.com/thoughtbot/guides/tree/master/style#coffeescript) 1. [Shell commands](doc/development/shell_commands.md) created by GitLab contributors to enhance security 1. [Markdown](http://www.cirosantilli.com/markdown-styleguide) +1. Interface text should be written subjectively instead of objectively. It should be the gitlab core team addressing a person. It should be written in present time and never use past tense (has been/was). For example instead of "prohibited this user from being saved due to the following errors:" the text should be "sorry, we could not create your account because:". This is also the style used by linting tools such as [RuboCop](https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop), [PullReview](https://www.pullreview.com/) and [Hound CI](https://houndci.com). |