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Re:AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:08PM (#35223663)
I'm not sure how old you are, but I'm pretty sure no monk was copying books in my lifetime.
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Re:Setting up pre-commit tests with Git
on Sunday December 08, 2013 @10:00AM (#6869840)
Sure, if you find it convenient - go for it. However, I'd not enforce it as a policy for whole organisation for the reasons outlined above.
Re:Setting up pre-commit tests with Git
on Sunday December 08, 2013 @09:46AM (#6869795)
I'm not sure if this is a good practice. As project grows, running tests takes more time - remember that tests are not only unit tests which should run quickly, there are acceptance tests which can take some time to run. Waiting for commit to finish can become painfully slow.
Additionally, I like to commit partial solutions to feature branch as I work. Later I will fix the mess with rebase - this workflow wouldn't work.
You need CI anyway, so I'd leave tests there, and let the developer decide when to run the unit tests on his machine.
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