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Re:A Requiem for a Dying Operating System (1994) by icedchai on Friday September 04, 2020 @04:16PM (#24378479)
Git has weird terminology. Though a lot of commercial SCMs are also a bit strange. Example: Perforce which has depots and shelves. At least with git, I can create a branch without waiting 2 weeks for the IT department.
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Re:A Requiem for a Dying Operating System (1994) by FartyMcFarter on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:38AM (#24382860)
Perforce shelves make total sense. "Shelving" something means literally what the command does - setting them aside and saving them.
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Re:A Requiem for a Dying Operating System (1994) by icedchai on Saturday September 05, 2020 @09:37AM (#24383415)
It “sort of” makes sense. When a company shelves a movie, they’re probably never finishing it. When I shelve my code, I’m probably coming back to it at some point soon. For example, I worked at a place that would have everyone “shelve” all their code before code review. In that context it didn’t make sense to me.
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