From ef14bf17530bdad11ac4b30cd3c7d21bc703671b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clement Ho Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 20:46:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation about using US-English --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 4930b541ba2..01d4a546b97 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ merge request: present time and never use past tense (has been/was). For example instead of _prohibited this user from being saved due to the following errors:_ the text should be _sorry, we could not create your account because:_ +1. Code should be written in [US English][us-english] This is also the style used by linting tools such as [RuboCop](https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop), @@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/1/0/](http://contributor [GitLab Inc engineering workflow]: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/workflow/#labelling-issues [polling-etag]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/polling.html [testing]: doc/development/testing_guide/index.md +[us-english]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English [^1]: Please note that specs other than JavaScript specs are considered backend code.