- We try to keep to at most 80 characters per line.
+ - As a Git developer we assume you have a reasonably modern compiler
+ and we recommend you to enable the DEVELOPER makefile knob to
+ ensure your patch is clear of all compiler warnings we care about,
+ by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak".
+
- We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with,
including old ones. That means that you should not use C99
initializers, even if a lot of compilers grok it.