encoding

name	encoding
description	Encoding guidelines for this project. Use when creating or modifying files. Enforces UTF-8 encoding as the default standard.
metadata	{"author":"Alexandre Roman","version":"1.0"}

Encoding

Default encoding standard for this project.

Rule

Always use UTF-8 encoding for all files.

This includes:

• Source code files
• Configuration files
• Documentation files
• Data files (JSON, YAML, XML)
• Scripts

File Headers

When applicable, specify encoding explicitly:

HTML

<meta charset="UTF-8">

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

Line Endings

• Use LF (\n) for all files
• Avoid CRLF (\r\n) except when required by Windows-specific tools

BOM (Byte Order Mark)

• Do NOT include BOM in UTF-8 files
• Exception: Files specifically required by legacy Windows tools