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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-04-30 14:24:08 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-05-02 13:24:57 -0700
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CodingGuidelines: give an example for case/esac statement
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -42,7 +42,17 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
- We use tabs for indentation.
- - Case arms are indented at the same depth as case and esac lines.
+ - Case arms are indented at the same depth as case and esac lines,
+ like this:
+
+ case "$variable" in
+ pattern1)
+ do this
+ ;;
+ pattern2)
+ do that
+ ;;
+ esac
- Redirection operators should be written with space before, but no
space after them. In other words, write 'echo test >"$file"'