read-cache: add post-index-change hook

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 8dddb50a9df7100577aab159a3fc1f7db09953c3..8579530710a7e2b665941be45264429b99d5134b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -118,6 +118,24 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
                do this
        fi
 
+ - If a command sequence joined with && or || or | spans multiple
+   lines, put each command on a separate line and put && and || and |
+   operators at the end of each line, rather than the start. This
+   means you don't need to use \ to join lines, since the above
+   operators imply the sequence isn't finished.
+
+       (incorrect)
+       grep blob verify_pack_result \
+       | awk -f print_1.awk \
+       | sort >actual &&
+       ...
+
+       (correct)
+       grep blob verify_pack_result |
+       awk -f print_1.awk |
+       sort >actual &&
+       ...
+
  - We prefer "test" over "[ ... ]".
 
  - We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell