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Game industry uses source control _a lot_. It’s an important communication tool. Also game companies tend not to have unit tests, but the culture is very much
by DecoPerson 7y ago
Game industry uses source control _a lot_.
It’s an important communication tool. Also game companies tend not to have unit tests, but the culture is very much “don’t break _anything_, and don’t make the game worse,” so devs have to triple-check the intentions & effects of any code/script they touch, to be sure they understand what they’re changing and know it won’t introduce any unexpected changes. Timelapse view (Perforce’s version of git blame) is an essential tool for all departments, especially for anyone trying to figure out a bug.
- DecoPerson 7y agoI actually read the description (we call it the “take message”) of every changelist submitted to our main dev branch. It’s a great way to learn, and maintain awareness of anything that may be relevant to my duties. Unfortunately it’s now in the hundreds per day (team is growing), so it becomes hard to actually process the info.