Merge branch 'dl/branch-from-3dot-merge-base'

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 8dddb50a9df7100577aab159a3fc1f7db09953c3..32210a4386c32972b7c4dbfa36b0cf977dd85de2 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
@@ -562,11 +580,14 @@ Writing Documentation:
  or commands:
 
  Literal examples (e.g. use of command-line options, command names,
- branch names, configuration and environment variables) must be
- typeset in monospace (i.e. wrapped with backticks):
+ branch names, URLs, pathnames (files and directories), configuration and
+ environment variables) must be typeset in monospace (i.e. wrapped with
+ backticks):
    `--pretty=oneline`
    `git rev-list`
    `remote.pushDefault`
+   `http://git.example.com`
+   `.git/config`
    `GIT_DIR`
    `HEAD`