Category: visual c++

  • The Case of the Disappearing App

    [Despite being almost 30 years ago, and the finer details being lost in the mists of time, the punchline has always stayed with me – it’s scar tissue I guess :o).] I was contracting in a team which had taken over a codebase from another company, to tr…

  • The Case of the Curious Commit Message

    I had taken a new contract at an investment bank and started working on a very mature codebase which was stored in ClearCase. As a long-time user [1] of version control systems one of the things that bugged me about the codebase were empty commit messa…

  • The Case of the Curious Commit Message

    I had taken a new contract at an investment bank and started working on a very mature codebase which was stored in ClearCase. As a long-time user [1] of version control systems one of the things that bugged me about the codebase were empty commit messa…

  • Branching 0 – Git 1

    My recent tirade against unnecessary branching – “Git is Not the Problem” – might have given the impression that I don’t appreciate the power that git provides. That’s not true and hopefully the following example highlights the appreciation I have for …

  • Branching 0 – Git 1

    My recent tirade against unnecessary branching – “Git is Not the Problem” – might have given the impression that I don’t appreciate the power that git provides. That’s not true and hopefully the following example highlights the appreciation I have for …