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This episode is all about source control etiquette.
It’s a bit different from the last two podcasts we released and we’d love to hear how you liked it!
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Show Notes
Duration ~56
We made it through an episode without mentioning this book!
Discussion on Source Control Etiquette
00:00 – 25:09
- A tale of woe, don’t push broken code
- Committing unfinished code
- Is it okay to be lax when you’re working by yourself?
- Joe watches the voice for Cee Lo (okay, and Xtina)
- Command Line vs. UI
- Command Line vs. UI
- Running a distributed vcs on a centralized server
- Git vs Mercurial
- Committing to a new repository
- Name/Style consistency
- Proper documentation
- Proper testing – Don’t break the build!
- The power and majesty of pull requests
Trivia
Git and Mercurial were both announced in April of 2005!
Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review
Never Have I Ever
25:09 – 44:06
- Leave merged branches hanging around?
- Deleted anyone elses branch?
- Lost a branch?
- Foul language in commits?
- Amended someone else commit message for grammar/spelling
- Multiple bug fixes or refactorings in same commit?
- Are pull requests the new commit?
- Gigantor pull requests?
- Commit generated files?
- Commit documentation?
- Been lazy about README files?
Learn Git Branching!
Trivia
Fun Stuff
44:06 – 47:54
- Commit Message Generator:
http://whatthecommit.com/ - Epic Pull Requests:
http://epicpullrequests.tumblr.com/ - Gifs in GitHub Pull Requests:
https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/9001
Copy and Edit with Square Selections!
Tips & Tricks
47:54 – 56:08
- Square Selections
- Source Control Plugins Slow
- Learn Git Branching:
http://pcottle.github.io/learnGitBranching
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