Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: document // comments
On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:17:48AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> We do not use // comments in our C code, which is implied by the
> description of multi-line comment rule and its examples, but is not
> explicitly spelled out. Spell it out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
> Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> index b358d6bfb8..507d52b0d3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> @@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ For C programs:
> */
> _("Here is a translatable string explained by the above.");
>
> + We do not use // comments.
> +
> - Double negation is often harder to understand than no negation
> at all.Makes sense and looks good to me. Thanks!
Patrick