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Re: [PATCH] Add line-wrapping guidelines to the coding style documentation

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 14, 2007, 17:19 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711141717570.4362@racer.site>
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<56A87A65-3C2E-4E10-84D4-4470879EE466@wincent.com>
Hi,
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
> Help new contributors by providing some advice about line-wrapping; the 
> advice basically boils down to "use 80-characters minus some slop as a 
> rule of thumb", but also "use common sense", and "avoid gratuitous 
> rewrapping".
We already have this:
 - We try to keep to at most 80 characters per line.

Besides, is it really necessary to be as explicit as you word it? IOW is this patch needed?

Because if we go down that road, we might very well end up with a CodingGuidelines document that is larger than git's source code.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 3 of 7 in “Add line-wrapping guidelines to the coding style documentation”
  1. Add line-wrapping guidelines to the coding style documentationWincent Colaiuta, Nov 14, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 14, 2007
  4. Add line-wrapping guidelines to the coding style documentationWincent Colaiuta, Nov 14, 2007
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2007
  7. Wincent ColaiutaNov 14, 2007

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