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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 003393ed16..65af8d82ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive): hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented in C ;-) + - Use octal escape sequences (e.g. "\302\242"), not hexadecimal (e.g. + "\xc2\xa2") in printf format strings, since hexadecimal escape + sequences are not portable. + For C programs: @@ -444,7 +448,7 @@ For C programs: - The first #include in C files, except in platform specific compat/ implementations and sha1dc/, must be either "git-compat-util.h" or one of the approved headers that includes it first for you. (The - approved headers currently include "cache.h", "builtin.h", + approved headers currently include "builtin.h", "t/helper/test-tool.h", "xdiff/xinclude.h", or "reftable/system.h"). You do not have to include more than one of these. @@ -687,7 +691,7 @@ Writing Documentation: Do: [-q | --quiet] Don't: [-q|--quiet] - Don't use spacing around "|" tokens when they're used to seperate the + Don't use spacing around "|" tokens when they're used to separate the alternate arguments of an option: Do: --track[=(direct|inherit)] Don't: --track[=(direct | inherit)] |