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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink94•1 year agoLet the patch be part of the code for one or two minor releases. Then revert the changes of the patch.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoBy not understanding how version control works. I’ve worked at places that had a surprising number of developers who would just merge things in ways that drop code from other developers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoForce push to the master branch or release branch, for one
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoIt’s pretty straightforward. Merge conflicts? No such thing! Just make my version the next version.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoAlso that’s likely a team that doesn’t use a branching workflow, has poor review on merges, and/or using Git like it’s SVN.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHow optimistic. At my last workplace I got us to finally stop using zip files for version control. This was at a fortune 500 company. The utility of software is so great that even terrible processes are still functional to some degree.
Let the patch be part of the code for one or two minor releases. Then revert the changes of the patch.
Calm down, Satan
Why would they do that? Talk about generating mistrust.
I dunno, but it’d be funny
It may not be malice. Incompetence.
They are going to “accidentally” remove a fix?
By not understanding how version control works. I’ve worked at places that had a surprising number of developers who would just merge things in ways that drop code from other developers.
Can you give an example how that would happen?
Force push to the master branch or release branch, for one
It’s pretty straightforward. Merge conflicts? No such thing! Just make my version the next version.
Also that’s likely a team that doesn’t use a branching workflow, has poor review on merges, and/or using Git like it’s SVN.
How optimistic. At my last workplace I got us to finally stop using zip files for version control. This was at a fortune 500 company.
The utility of software is so great that even terrible processes are still functional to some degree.
Rehire obv.
Good luck with that lol. Who would fall for that.
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