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If you read what TFA says: "Of course this is a stupid example, you would probably put the username, password and other important stuff in anothe
by jpitz 12y ago
If you read what TFA says:
"Of course this is a stupid example, you would probably
put the username, password and other important stuff in
another file, say a config file, but let’s assume that
this is not possible, or somehow this variable cannot be
else where."
- oellegaard 12y agoI'd still argue that this is an anti-pattern. If you find yourself in a situation where you want to leave out a line from git in the middle of a file, you should reconsider the structure of your code/project/whatever.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y agoAgreed. The article isn't particularly useful because it essentially says "this is how you solve a 'problem' that I'm only going to demonstrate by giving an example I immediately dismiss" and not explaining the type of situation in which this might be useful. Every time I've found myself in a similar situation, the problem has not been that git doesn't allow me to pretend that certain lines in a file don't exist, it's been that my design has been lacking.