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authorGiuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>2010-12-03 17:47:35 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-12-03 15:22:59 -0800
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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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@@ -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.