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>but there are commercial alternatives (I'm thinking of Perforce) that make even less sense. Have you ever worked with Rational ClearCase? It's a true horror
by magduf 7y ago
>but there are commercial alternatives (I'm thinking of Perforce) that make even less sense.
Have you ever worked with Rational ClearCase? It's a true horror show.
- pjmlp 7y agoI have during several occasions in the past (up to 2007), and while it is a monster, I still felt more productive than using git nowadays.
- panpanna 7y agoRemember, back then companies had to hire dedicated Clear case engineers to get things working properly.
- pjmlp 7y agoYou mean just like we have to reach out to IT to sort out git issues for anyone that strays outside the path?
- panpanna 7y agoNot really a common occurrence here. Does it happen often at your workplace? What kind of issues are we talking about?
- pjmlp 7y agoBasically the usual ones that end up with copying the modified files to a temporary directory and doing a fresh clone followed by a manual merge and commit, because someone messed up their local repository while trying out some git command beyond clone/pull/push/checkout/commit, and now cannot push without messing everyone's else.
- souprock 7y agoClearCase is wonderful if you fit the use case, which is a sizable team on a fast LAN. It's great being able to change a ClearCase config file to choose a different branch of code for just a few files or directories, then instantly get that branch active for just those specific files.