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diff --git a/doc/development/shell_scripting_guide/index.md b/doc/development/shell_scripting_guide/index.md index ae7f2154682..0809f8b1a0a 100644 --- a/doc/development/shell_scripting_guide/index.md +++ b/doc/development/shell_scripting_guide/index.md @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Having said all of the above, we recommend staying away from shell scripts as much as possible. A language like Ruby or Python (if required for consistency with codebases that we leverage) is almost always a better choice. The high-level interpreted languages have more readable syntax, offer much more -mature capabilities for unit-testing, linting, and error reporting. +mature capabilities for unit-testing, linting, and error reporting. + Use shell scripts only if there's a strong restriction on project's dependencies size or any other requirements that are more important in a particular case. @@ -48,12 +49,12 @@ that is: This section describes the tools that should be made a mandatory part of a project's CI pipeline if it contains shell scripts. These tools -automate shell code formatting, checking for errors or vulnerabilities, etc. +automate shell code formatting, checking for errors or vulnerabilities, etc. ### Linting We're using the [ShellCheck](https://www.shellcheck.net/) utility in its default configuration to lint our -shell scripts. +shell scripts. All projects with shell scripts should use this GitLab CI/CD job: @@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ NOTE: **Note:** This is a work in progress. It is an [ongoing effort](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/64016) to evaluate different tools for the -automated testing of shell scripts (like [BATS](https://github.com/sstephenson/bats)). +automated testing of shell scripts (like [BATS](https://github.com/sstephenson/bats)). ## Code Review |