Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
by Macha on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:57PM
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My experience varies a lot. Maybe it's just my colleagues write better commit messages but blame (and looking up the PR and code review) is often a good method of understanding why the code is that way
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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer
by gmueckl on Friday June 07, 2019 @06:24PM
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Yes, but blame puts the focus too much on the authors instead of the changes themselves. I also use it to understand how code evolved over time, but only in circumstances where I suspect the history to hold import clues.
Pinning bad work on a person does not make progress. Fixing bad code does.