From: Giuseppe Bilotta Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:47:35 GMT Subject: [PATCHv2 1/7] CodingGuidelines: mention whitespace preferences for shell scripts Message-ID: <1291394861-11989-2-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1291394861-11989-1-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta --- 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. -- 1.7.3.2.664.g294b8.dirty