Comments on: Source Control and Backups – More than just a good idea http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/09/25/blindingly-obvious-software-development-advice-part-1-source-control-and-backups/ Rants and opinion interspersed with awe-inspiring tales of heoric software engineering endeavours. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: New Adventures in Software » Java Power Tools http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/09/25/blindingly-obvious-software-development-advice-part-1-source-control-and-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-3072 New Adventures in Software » Java Power Tools Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:53 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=227#comment-3072 [...] Source Control and Backups - More than just a good idea [...] [...] Source Control and Backups – More than just a good idea [...]

]]> By: Chetan Sachdev http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/09/25/blindingly-obvious-software-development-advice-part-1-source-control-and-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-3049 Chetan Sachdev Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:48:23 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=227#comment-3049 Atleast I can't start development without having SVN in place. And a build/rake/gradle file which can do the rest of work for compilation and other stuff. Nice writeup :) Atleast I can’t start development without having SVN in place. And a build/rake/gradle file which can do the rest of work for compilation and other stuff. Nice writeup :)

]]> By: Dan http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/09/25/blindingly-obvious-software-development-advice-part-1-source-control-and-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 Dan Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:30:46 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=227#comment-3046 Wez, that's just like the <a href="http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Source-Control-Shingle.aspx" rel="nofollow">Daily WTF story</a>. At least traffic cones don't suffer from repository corruption. Wouldn't really work with a distributed team though. You'd have to send the cone via ParcelForce. Wez, that’s just like the Daily WTF story. At least traffic cones don’t suffer from repository corruption. Wouldn’t really work with a distributed team though. You’d have to send the cone via ParcelForce.

]]> By: Wez Hall http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/09/25/blindingly-obvious-software-development-advice-part-1-source-control-and-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 Wez Hall Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:36:02 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=227#comment-3045 Reminds me Tony from early days of BIS telling me how one of his previous companies had a traffic cone, whoever had the traffic cone on their desk could edit code. Everyone else had to write docs in preparation for when it was their turn with the cone. Basically visual source safe... traffic cone edition. Reminds me Tony from early days of BIS telling me how one of his previous companies had a traffic cone, whoever had the traffic cone on their desk could edit code. Everyone else had to write docs in preparation for when it was their turn with the cone.

Basically visual source safe… traffic cone edition.

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