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authorSytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com>2015-01-13 10:26:55 -0800
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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:".
+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:". Also these [excellent writing guidelines](https://github.com/NARKOZ/guides#writing).
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).