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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:19:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([2804:14c:c4:89c7:a068:d017:8d32:248]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a1e0cc1a2514c-94afcdc345asm12326301241.0.2026.02.18.13.19.54 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:19:56 -0800 (PST) From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: ps@pks.im, gitster@pobox.com, jltobler@gmail.com, avila.jn@gmail.com, Lucas Seiki Oshiro Subject: [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: instruct to name arrays in singular Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:08:37 -0300 Message-ID: <20260218211845.96009-2-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.50.1 In-Reply-To: <20260218211845.96009-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> References: <20260218211845.96009-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Arrays should be named in the singular form, ensuring that when accessing an element within an array (e.g. dog[0]) it's clear that we're referring to an element instead of a collection. Add a new rule to CodingGuidelines asking for arrays to be named in singular instead of plural. Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro --- Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index df72fe0177..0158c57277 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -656,6 +656,14 @@ For C programs: unsigned other_field:1; unsigned field_with_longer_name:1; + - Array names should be named in the singular form. E.g.: + + char *dog[] = ...; + + and not: + + char *dogs[] = ...; + For Perl programs: - Most of the C guidelines above apply. -- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)