Merge branch 'cg/tools-for-git-doc'

A new doc that lists tips for tools to work with Git's codebase.

* cg/tools-for-git-doc:
  Documentation/ToolsForGit.txt: Tools for developing Git

3 files changed, 56 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index b20b2f94f1..4c756be517 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ the overall style of existing code. Modifications to existing
 code is expected to match the style the surrounding code already
 uses (even if it doesn't match the overall style of existing code).
 
-But if you must have a list of rules, here they are.
+But if you must have a list of rules, here are some language
+specific ones. Note that Documentation/ToolsForGit.txt document
+has a collection of tips to help you use some external tools
+to conform to these guidelines.
 
 For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
 
@@ -492,17 +495,6 @@ For Perl programs:
 
  - Learn and use Git.pm if you need that functionality.
 
- - For Emacs, it's useful to put the following in
-   GIT_CHECKOUT/.dir-locals.el, assuming you use cperl-mode:
-
-    ;; note the first part is useful for C editing, too
-    ((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . t)
-                  (tab-width . 8)
-                  (fill-column . 80)))
-     (cperl-mode . ((cperl-indent-level . 8)
-                    (cperl-extra-newline-before-brace . nil)
-                    (cperl-merge-trailing-else . t))))
-
 For Python scripts:
 
  - We follow PEP-8 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/).
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index adb2f1b50a..d3f043f50d 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
 TECH_DOCS += MyFirstContribution
 TECH_DOCS += MyFirstObjectWalk
 TECH_DOCS += SubmittingPatches
+TECH_DOCS += ToolsForGit
 TECH_DOCS += technical/bundle-format
 TECH_DOCS += technical/hash-function-transition
 TECH_DOCS += technical/http-protocol
diff --git a/Documentation/ToolsForGit.txt b/Documentation/ToolsForGit.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5060d0d231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ToolsForGit.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+Tools for developing Git
+========================
+:sectanchors:
+
+[[summary]]
+== Summary
+
+This document gathers tips, scripts and configuration file to help people
+working on Git's codebase use their favorite tools while following Git's
+coding style.
+
+[[author]]
+=== Author
+
+The Git community.
+
+[[table_of_contents]]
+== Table of contents
+
+- <<vscode>>
+- <<emacs>>
+
+[[vscode]]
+=== Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
+
+The contrib/vscode/init.sh script creates configuration files that enable
+several valuable VS Code features. See contrib/vscode/README.md for more
+information on using the script.
+
+[[emacs]]
+=== Emacs
+
+This is adapted from Linux's suggestion in its CodingStyle document:
+
+- To follow rules of the CodingGuideline, it's useful to put the following in
+GIT_CHECKOUT/.dir-locals.el, assuming you use cperl-mode:
+----
+;; note the first part is useful for C editing, too
+((nil . ((indent-tabs-mode . t)
+	 (tab-width . 8)
+	 (fill-column . 80)))
+	 (cperl-mode . ((cperl-indent-level . 8)
+			(cperl-extra-newline-before-brace . nil)
+			(cperl-merge-trailing-else . t))))
+----
+
+For a more complete setup, since Git's codebase uses a coding style
+similar to the Linux kernel's style, tips given in Linux's CodingStyle
+document can be applied here too.
+
+==== https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/coding-style.html#you-ve-made-a-mess-of-it