Merge branch 'jc/test-allows-local'
Document that our test can use "local" keyword.
* jc/test-allows-local:
CodingGuidelines: explicitly allow "local" for test scripts
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 1ff6d8e..e3af089 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@
does not have such a problem.
+ - Even though "local" is not part of POSIX, we make heavy use of it
+ in our test suite. We do not use it in scripted Porcelains, and
+ hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented
+ in C ;-)
+
For C programs:
