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You thought you have the worst version control story? What's version control?! Seriously. All edits made locally and "tested" by direct upload to the production
by zackola 17y ago
You thought you have the worst version control story? What's version control?! Seriously. All edits made locally and "tested" by direct upload to the production server. Different "commits" tested by file renaming. file.asp.old, file.asp.old.xx, file.asp.5.25.2002
"Hey Tony, are you working on blahblah.asp? Oh, no?, Great, let me just pull a copy, don't work on it until I say I'm done OK?"
I was fortunate enough at the time (circa 2002) shortly after my arrival to put svn into place. I gotta say though, once you now how to do something the completely wrong way, it's much easier to do it correctly. Ugh.
- olefoo 17y agoI thought for a second you were describing the place I used to work at. Only it was PHP, and the database was a 'free' version of a commercial database which was already several years out of date when I joined...<shudders/>