Chapter 5. Source Tree Guidelines and Policies
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## Chapter 5. Source Tree Guidelines and Policies

Contributed by Poul-Henning Kamp and Giorgos Keramidas.

This chapter documents various guidelines and policies in force for the FreeBSD source tree.

## 5.1. Style Guidelines

Consistent coding style is extremely important, particularly with large projects like FreeBSD. Code should follow the FreeBSD coding styles described in style(9) and style.Makefile(5).

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