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I'm getting better about committing more often (unlike back in the days of SVN/ClearCase/etc.), but I'm still not quite up to committing several times a day lik

by jcadam 10y ago

I'm getting better about committing more often (unlike back in the days of SVN/ClearCase/etc.), but I'm still not quite up to committing several times a day like these kids are wont to do :)

shostack 10y ago
I wonder if there is any correlation between commit frequency and a person's tweet or FB post frequency. Are people more active on social networks more likely to carry that over and commit more often?
- wott 10y ago
  It's funny you mention that, because I have developed the same feeling, although I have no idea if it holds true or not.
- aninhumer 10y ago
  Well I commit relatively frequently and post on twitter/facebook approximately never, so make of that what you will. More generally I don't see the connection? I'm not making commits to show off my cool code to my colleagues. I'm making commits in case I want to revert specific changes later. I learn to commit more frequently every time I realise I need to undo something manually because my history is insufficiently granular.
- lmm 10y ago
  For me if anything it's the opposite. I blog rarely, because I spend a while thinking over my posts and getting them right. (That said, I commit frequently even there, because I maintain my blog in git).
kwhitefoot 10y ago
I don't use git at work, we use TFS instead. I commit to the build server as soon as I have something that is a complete step in the process of developing a feature or fixing a bug especially if that step carries a risk of breaking something. The build server then builds the whole application and runs the unit tests. I might do this once a day if I'm mostly thinking rather than furiously typing or ten times a day if it is all flowing perfectly. It's not just the kids who do this, I'll be 61 in a couple of months. On the other hand one of my colleagues who really is half my age prefers to complete the feature and only commit to the build server once the whole feature is complete. He uses TFS shelvesets to make sure he won't lose anything.

by jcadam 10y ago

I'm getting better about committing more often (unlike back in the days of SVN/ClearCase/etc.), but I'm still not quite up to committing several times a day like these kids are wont to do :)

shostack 10y ago

I wonder if there is any correlation between commit frequency and a person's tweet or FB post frequency. Are people more active on social networks more likely to carry that over and commit more often?

wott 10y ago
It's funny you mention that, because I have developed the same feeling, although I have no idea if it holds true or not.
aninhumer 10y ago
Well I commit relatively frequently and post on twitter/facebook approximately never, so make of that what you will. More generally I don't see the connection? I'm not making commits to show off my cool code to my colleagues. I'm making commits in case I want to revert specific changes later. I learn to commit more frequently every time I realise I need to undo something manually because my history is insufficiently granular.
lmm 10y ago
For me if anything it's the opposite. I blog rarely, because I spend a while thinking over my posts and getting them right. (That said, I commit frequently even there, because I maintain my blog in git).

kwhitefoot 10y ago

I don't use git at work, we use TFS instead. I commit to the build server as soon as I have something that is a complete step in the process of developing a feature or fixing a bug especially if that step carries a risk of breaking something. The build server then builds the whole application and runs the unit tests. I might do this once a day if I'm mostly thinking rather than furiously typing or ten times a day if it is all flowing perfectly. It's not just the kids who do this, I'll be 61 in a couple of months. On the other hand one of my colleagues who really is half my age prefers to complete the feature and only commit to the build server once the whole feature is complete. He uses TFS shelvesets to make sure he won't lose anything.