From ded355eaa4e20cd3dfd22d51332451b110d8c954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Beulich Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 13:40:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] CODING_STYLE: explicitly call out label indentation Since the behavior of "diff -p" to use an unindented label as context identifier often makes it harder to review patches, make explicit the requirement for labels to be indented. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini --- CODING_STYLE | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE index 5faf274b3a..7d75debcbf 100644 --- a/CODING_STYLE +++ b/CODING_STYLE @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ void fun(void) } } +Due to the behavior of GNU diffutils "diff -p", labels should be +indented by at least one blank. Non-case labels inside switch() bodies +are preferred to be indented the same as the block's case labels. + White space ----------- -- 2.39.5