TechSquidTV@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 15 days agoWhen you have to checkout the master branchlemmy.mlimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down14
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minus-squareReginaPhalange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days ago… Isn’t master the current production code? How do you get a master that haven’t been touched in 15 years?
minus-squareBlaiz0r@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·14 days agoBecause you have a terrible branching strategy
minus-squareJoe@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 days ago73 feature branches in active development (most for several months), and one intern (currently on m/paternity leave) responsible for merging them. Check! In the meantime, several branches deployed to prod behind a reverse proxy with feature flags.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-214 days agoI think OP is talking about the fact that most new projects use “main” now, so “master” likely indicates an older project.
… Isn’t master the current production code? How do you get a master that haven’t been touched in 15 years?
Because you have a terrible branching strategy
73 feature branches in active development (most for several months), and one intern (currently on m/paternity leave) responsible for merging them. Check! In the meantime, several branches deployed to prod behind a reverse proxy with feature flags.
I think OP is talking about the fact that most new projects use “main” now, so “master” likely indicates an older project.