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Re:Keeping track of technical debt in source code by hinkley on Saturday April 15, 2017 @02:04AM (#14119623)
Sometimes the TODO message doesn't make enough sense, and having the author gives you who to ask for context.
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Re:Keeping track of technical debt in source code by koverstreet on Saturday April 15, 2017 @07:47AM (#14120382)
That's what git blame is for

(I've got a thing in vim that runs git blame on the current line, and pops up the commit message in the quickfix window).

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Re:Keeping track of technical debt in source code by hinkley on Saturday April 15, 2017 @11:32AM (#14121140)
Git blame only works until code starts shifting around.
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