style_guides.md

Style guides

1. Ruby. Important sections include Source Code Layout and Naming. Use:
   • multi-line method chaining style Option A: dot . on the second line
   • string literal quoting style Option A: single quoted by default
2. Rails
3. Newlines styleguide
4. Testing
5. JavaScript styleguide
6. SCSS styleguide
7. Shell commands created by GitLab contributors to enhance security
8. Database Migrations
9. Markdown
10. Documentation styleguide
11. Interface text should be written subjectively instead of objectively. It should be the GitLab core team addressing a person. It should be written in present time and never use past tense (has been/was). For example instead of prohibited this user from being saved due to the following errors: the text should be sorry, we could not create your account because:
12. Code should be written in US English

This is also the style used by linting tools such as RuboCop and Hound CI.

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