From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 05:52:02 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: HACKING: mention the GNU Coding Standards
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doc: HACKING: mention the GNU Coding Standards

* HACKING (Add documentation): Add a link to the GCS.
---

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index ae43e3a302..d58f2d3260 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ When writing prose (documentation, comments, log entries), use an
 active voice, not a passive one.  I.e., say "print the frobnozzle",
 not "the frobnozzle will be printed".
 
+Please add comments per the GNU Coding Standard:
+  http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Comments.html
+
 
 Minor syntactic preferences
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