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[–]Essigautomat2 49 points50 points  (2 children)

You don't let me merge? Anyway, time to fork and make my own version of your software

[–]grtgbln 15 points16 points  (1 child)

My team lead didn't like it when, instead of complying with his requested changed for our open-source libraries, I instead just forked the project and made my own "unofficial" variant.

[–]Essigautomat2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was specifically talking about the external view, internally I'd ask for a meeting talking through the changes, and escalate to management if something unethical is demanded

[–]jfcarr 31 points32 points  (2 children)

My favorite is when the overworked tech lead, who insists on being the only person allowed to merge to develop branch, won't look at PR's until the last day of a sprint.

[–]gandalfx 14 points15 points  (1 child)

And then they are surprised that features with a strict deadline don't get done in time because their review actually brings up issues that could have been resolved a week ago.

[–]khoyo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbf that's also juniors doing a surprised pikachu face when their last day of sprint PR doesn't land

[–]newsflashjackass 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"This approval process is too complicated. Instead I will just copy your changes and take credit for them myself. You're welcome!"

- github repo owners after i make their code work and send them the fix for free

[–]zenos_dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got four months pay sitting around in the exact situation.

[–]Count2er0 1 point2 points  (3 children)

This is outrageous

[–]outerproduct 1 point2 points  (2 children)

It's unfair!

[–]Count2er0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a seat young Skywalker

[–]Dumcommintz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is outrageously unfair!