From 785b0711cd19940ee49cff4b1418f5b1296ce1f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jussi Pakkanen Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 23:39:16 +0300 Subject: Explain that using shell functionality is forbidden. [skip ci] --- docs/markdown/Contributing.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/markdown') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Contributing.md b/docs/markdown/Contributing.md index f8f1824..d724b75 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Contributing.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Contributing.md @@ -304,3 +304,9 @@ line switches. - Prefer specific solutions to generic frameworks. Solve the end user's problems rather than providing them tools to do it themselves. + +- Never use features of the Unix shell (or Windows shell for that + matter). Doing things like forwaring output with `>` or invoking + multiple commands with `&&` are not permitted. Whenever these sorts + of requirements show up, write an internal Python script with the + desired functionality and use that instead. -- cgit v1.1