CodingGuidelines: let BSS do its job

We have mentioned this in various reviews, but I didn't see it
mentioned in the CodingGuildelines document.  Let's add it.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano
2025-06-11 14:16:58 -07:00
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@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ For C programs:
encouraged to have a blank line between the end of the declarations
and the first statement in the block.
- Do not explicitly initialize global variables to 0 or NULL;
instead, let BSS take care of the zero initialization.
- NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0.
- When declaring pointers, the star sides with the variable