How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git

Re:How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git by carlual on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @11:12PM (#44253969)

> Authenticity mattered more than production value.

Thanks for sharing this authentic story! As an ex-MSFT in a relatively small product line that just started switching to Git from SourceDepot in 2015, right before I left, I can truly empathize with how incredible a job you guys have done!

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Re:How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git by dshacker on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @11:32PM (#44254064)

Yeah, it was a whole journey. I can't believe it happened. Thanks for your comment.

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Re:How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git by carlual on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:10AM (#44254254)

Thank you! Btw, it reminds me of the book "Showstopper" about the journey of releasing Windows NT; highly recommended!

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Re:How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git by tux1968 on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:08AM (#44254470)

Thanks for the recommendation! I was just about to reread "Soul Of A New Machine", but will try Showstopper instead, since it sounds to be the same genre.

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Re:How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git by zem on Thursday June 12, 2025 @04:21AM (#44255266)

tangentially, if you like that genre one of my favourite books in it is "where wizards stay up late", about the development of the internet.

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Re:How Microsoft Office Moved from Source Depot to Git by hacker_homie on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:50AM (#44254622)

I spent a lot of time coaching people out of source depot, it was touch and go there for a while. It was worth it though thank you for Your effort.

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