Re: [PATCH 2/3] sha1_name: get_sha1_with_context learns to follow symlinks

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Date

May 8, 2015, 20:25 UTC

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 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index c6e536f..020370e 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -232,7 +232,12 @@ For C programs:
 	   to be translated, that follows immediately after it */
 	_("Here is a translatable string explained by the above.");
 
+ - Speaking of translations, do not mark the message to die() that
+   should never trigger unless there is an programming error.  E.g.
+
+	die("BUG: frotz() called with NULL pointer to xyzzy parameter");
+
- - Double negation is often harder to understand than no negation
+ - Double negation is not easier to understand than no negation
    at all.
 
  - There are two schools of thought when it comes to comparison,