Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 9b103cb..1e0c4cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
redirection target in a variable (as shown above), our code does so
because some versions of bash issue a warning without the quotes.
+ cat hello > world < universe # incorrect
+ cat hello >world <universe # correct
+
+ echo hello >$world # incorrect
+ echo hello >"$world" # correct
+
- We prefer $( ... ) for command substitution; unlike ``, it
properly nests. It should have been the way Bourne spelled
it from day one, but unfortunately isn't.
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