From: Thomas Ackermann Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:24:10 GMT Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] Add rule for when to use 'git' and when to use 'Git' Message-ID: <1147790618.632901.1358796250206.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail20.arcor-online.net> In-Reply-To: <884336319.632675.1358795540870.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail20.arcor-online.net> Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 5e60daf..4f40b44 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -230,3 +230,9 @@ Writing Documentation: valid usage. "*" has its own pair of brackets, because it can (optionally) be specified only when one or more of the letters is also provided. + + A note on notation: + Use 'git' (all lowercase) when talking about commands i.e. something + the user would type into a shell and use 'Git' (uppercase first letter) + when talking about the version control system and its properties. + -- 1.8.0.msysgit.0 --- Thomas