From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 21:04:45 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs/CODING_STYLE: add sentence about redirection operators
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docs/CODING_STYLE: add sentence about redirection operators
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diff --git a/docs/CODING_STYLE.md b/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
index 516207071bb..9a355835368 100644
--- a/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
+++ b/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 - Empty lines to separate code blocks are a good thing, please add them
   abundantly. However, please stick to one at a time, i.e. multiple empty lines
-  immediately following each other are not OK. Also, we try to keep function calls and their immediate error handling together. Hence:
+  immediately following each other are not OK. Also, we try to keep function
+  calls and their immediate error handling together. Hence:
 
   ```c
   /* → empty line here is good */
@@ -131,7 +132,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
   if (r < 0)
           return log_error_errno(r, "Some function failed: %m");
   /* → empty line here is good */
-  ```
+
+- In shell scripts, do not use whitespace after the redirection operator
+  (`>some/file` instead of `> some/file`, `<<EOF` instead of `<< EOF`).
 
 ## Code Organization and Semantics