Merge branch 'tr/doc-tt'

The documentation set has been updated so that literal commands,
configuration variables and environment variables are consistently
typeset in fixed-width font and bold in manpages.

* tr/doc-tt:
  doc: change configuration variables format
  doc: more consistency in environment variables format
  doc: change environment variables format
  doc: clearer rule about formatting literals

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 0ddd36879a..7f4769a02c 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -526,12 +526,19 @@ Writing Documentation:
  modifying paragraphs or option/command explanations that contain options
  or commands:
 
- Literal examples (e.g. use of command-line options, command names, and
- configuration variables) are typeset in monospace, and if you can use
- `backticks around word phrases`, do so.
+ Literal examples (e.g. use of command-line options, command names,
+ configuration and environment variables) must be typeset in monospace (i.e.
+ wrapped with backticks):
    `--pretty=oneline`
    `git rev-list`
    `remote.pushDefault`
+   `GIT_DIR`
+
+ An environment variable must be prefixed with "$" only when referring to its
+ value and not when referring to the variable itself, in this case there is
+ nothing to add except the backticks:
+   `GIT_DIR` is specified
+   `$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive`
 
  Word phrases enclosed in `backtick characters` are rendered literally
  and will not be further expanded. The use of `backticks` to achieve the