Jan 24, 2010

Criminal tactics

Commit-and-Run Is a Crime - Niclas Nilsson

John is in a bit of hurry though. He's late for a date, but he manages to finish up his code, compile, and check in, and off he goes. A few minuets later, t
he red light turns on. The build is broken. John didn't have time to run the automated tests, so he made a commit-and-run and thereby left everybody else ha
nging.

Certainly, the Commit-and-Run of bottom of the ninth inning crime. However, I also understand feelings that he wants to decide well.

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