[PATCHv2 1/7] CodingGuidelines: mention whitespace preferences for shell scripts

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Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>

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Dec 3, 2010, 16:47 UTC

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Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/CodingGuidelines |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 5aa2d34..a9191d0 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 not indented with respect to the 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.

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