CodingGuidelines: give an example for control statements

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 11704fb84cb3b9652223ad17631c999bafc268d8..47db6b3ce36a7964127c294740ca0073a6181050 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
    "then" should be on the next line for if statements, and "do"
    should be on the next line for "while" and "for".
 
+       (incorrect)
+       if test -f hello; then
+               do this
+       fi
+
+       (correct)
+       if test -f hello
+       then
+               do this
+       fi
+
  - We prefer "test" over "[ ... ]".
 
  - We do not write the noiseword "function" in front of shell