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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 48aa4edfbd..8dddb50a9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ For C programs: string_list for sorted string lists, a hash map (mapping struct objects) named "struct decorate", amongst other things. - - When you come up with an API, document it. + - When you come up with an API, document its functions and structures + in the header file that exposes the API to its callers. Use what is + in "strbuf.h" as a model for the appropriate tone and level of + detail. - The first #include in C files, except in platform specific compat/ implementations, must be either "git-compat-util.h", "cache.h" or |