From bb9f2aecf0e212702cdb66e58b16e8e470e596cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:17:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: our documents are in AsciiDoc

Before talking about notations such as optional [--option] enclosed
in brackets, state that the documents are in AsciiDoc and processed
into other formats.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index b1bfff630f..7e4d5716a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ For Python scripts:
 
 Writing Documentation:
 
+ Most (if not all) of the documentation pages are written in AsciiDoc
+ and processed into HTML output and manpages.
+
  Every user-visible change should be reflected in the documentation.
  The same general rule as for code applies -- imitate the existing
  conventions.  A few commented examples follow to provide reference