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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index e4bd0abdcd..3263245b03 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ For C programs: ensure your patch is clear of all compiler warnings we care about, by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". + - When using DEVELOPER=1 mode, you may see warnings from the compiler + like "error: unused parameter 'foo' [-Werror=unused-parameter]", + which indicates that a function ignores its argument. If the unused + parameter can't be removed (e.g., because the function is used as a + callback and has to match a certain interface), you can annotate + the individual parameters with the UNUSED (or MAYBE_UNUSED) + keyword, like "int foo UNUSED". + - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, including old ones. As of Git v2.35.0 Git requires C99 (we check "__STDC_VERSION__"). You should not use features from a newer C @@ -303,7 +311,9 @@ For C programs: v12.01, 2022-03-28). - Variables have to be declared at the beginning of the block, before - the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). + the first statement (i.e. -Wdeclaration-after-statement). It is + encouraged to have a blank line between the end of the declarations + and the first statement in the block. - NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0. @@ -323,6 +333,13 @@ For C programs: while( condition ) func (bar+1); + - A binary operator (other than ",") and ternary conditional "?:" + have a space on each side of the operator to separate it from its + operands. E.g. "A + 1", not "A+1". + + - A unary operator (other than "." and "->") have no space between it + and its operand. E.g. "(char *)ptr", not "(char *) ptr". + - Do not explicitly compare an integral value with constant 0 or '\0', or a pointer value with constant NULL. For instance, to validate that counted array <ptr, cnt> is initialized but has no elements, write: |