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[PATCH 4/8] CodingGuidelines: give an example for control statements

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 30, 2014, 21:45 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 1e0c4cf..d72e912 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
    "then" should be on the next line for if statements, and "do"
    should be on the next line for "while" and "for".
 
+	(incorrect)
+	if test -f hello; then
+		do this
+	fi
+
+	(correct)
+	if test -f hello
+	then
+		do this
+	fi
+
  - We prefer "test" over "[ ... ]".
 
  - We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell
-- 
2.0.0-rc1-355-gd6d6511
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Message 13 of 30 in “Update the CodingGuidelines”
  1. 0/8 Update the CodingGuidelinesJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  2. 1/8 CodingGuidelines: typofixJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  3. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2014
  5. Jeff KingMay 1, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  7. Jeff KingMay 2, 2014
  8. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2014
  9. David KastrupMay 2, 2014
  10. 2/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for case/esac statementJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  11. 3/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for redirectionJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  12. 3/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for redirectionJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  13. 4/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for control statementsJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  14. Stefan BellerApr 30, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2014
  16. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2014
  18. 5/8 CodingGuidelines: give an example for shell function preambleJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  19. 6/8 CodingGuidelines: call the conditional statement "if ()", not "if()"Junio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  20. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2014
  22. David KastrupMay 1, 2014
  23. 7/8 CodingGuidelines: on comparisonJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  24. Jeff KingMay 1, 2014
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  26. Jeff KingMay 2, 2014
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2014
  28. 8/8 CodingGuidelines: once it is in, it is not worth the code churnJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2014
  29. 9/8 CodingGuidelines: on splitting a long lineJunio C Hamano, May 2, 2014
  30. brian m. carlsonMay 2, 2014

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