From f36a4fa8ef611c37c890ed21a388a5ece801a3de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giuseppe Bilotta Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:47:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: mention whitespace preferences for shell scripts Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 09ffc4656..46f8a3fab 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. -- 2.26.2