The current practice is:
git/Documentation$ git grep "'HEAD'" | wc -l
24
git/Documentation$ git grep "\`HEAD\`" | wc -l
66
Let's adopt the majority as a guideline.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 7f4769a..4cd95da 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -527,12 +527,13 @@ Writing Documentation:
or commands:
Literal examples (e.g. use of command-line options, command names,
- configuration and environment variables) must be typeset in monospace (i.e.
- wrapped with backticks):
+ branch names, configuration and environment variables) must be
+ typeset in monospace (i.e. wrapped with backticks):
`--pretty=oneline`
`git rev-list`
`remote.pushDefault`
`GIT_DIR`
+ `HEAD`
An environment variable must be prefixed with "$" only when referring to its
value and not when referring to the variable itself, in this case there is
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2.8.2.397.gbe91ebf.dirty
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