From 60b39cfa4100c6c0dd139139efcfe0c68fb7f529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gear <github@libertysys.com.au>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:22:40 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Small note about control structures

---
 doc/Developing/Code-Guidelines.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/Developing/Code-Guidelines.md b/doc/Developing/Code-Guidelines.md
index 4d661662be..bb18378186 100644
--- a/doc/Developing/Code-Guidelines.md
+++ b/doc/Developing/Code-Guidelines.md
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ if ($foo == 5) {
 }
 ```
 
+Start else and elsif on new lines, e.g.
+```php
+if ($foo == 5) {
+    echo 'foo is 5';
+}
+elsif ($foo == 4) {
+    echo 'foo is 4';
+}
+else {
+    echo 'foo is something else';
+}
+```
+This makes diffs much cleaner when moving around blocks of code.
+
+
 ### Including files
 Using parenthesis around file includes isn't required, instead just place the file in between ''
 ```php