From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:17:48 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: CodingGuidelines: document // comments
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CodingGuidelines: document // comments

We do not use // comments in our C code, which is implied by the
description of multi-line comment rule and its examples, but is not
explicitly spelled out.  Spell it out.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index df72fe0177..51cb70b515 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ For C programs:
 	 */
 	_("Here is a translatable string explained by the above.");
 
+   We do not use // comments.
+
  - Double negation is often harder to understand than no negation
    at all.