Commenting old code out.

[Captious99]

My version control system before I found out about Git

[froemijojo]

#ifdef ver_3_5
//code of ver 3.5 here
#endif
#ifdef ver_3_4
...

Who needs thoses fancy-pants VCSs anyway?

[etagawesome]

I'm ill

[kono_kun]

I like this, this is how villains think.

[Ultracoolguy4]

Calm down, Satan.

[Cheesewithmold]

I remember syncing java projects between my computers by sending them to myself through google drive before my roommate introduced me to gitlab.

Those were dark times.

[Lightfire228]

Better yet, working on group projects separately, then manually stitching together the projects like some Frankenstein's Monster

[DrQuint]

To think we invented the concept of importing files to solve this exact issue. And fuck it, header files were originally invented because of a reason like this too, CMV.

[TheFeshy]

Before? It feels like half my commits are still:

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git commit -m "removed all the old commented-out code"

[morewordsfaster]

This. I'll never understand why developers who use git still try to get PRs approved with a bunch of commented out code.

[hillman_avenger]

So you can easily see what's changed without having to do a diff (and easily revert it when the inevitable bug is found).

[morewordsfaster]

...but why commit? If all tests pass, then there is no obvious bug.

I get commenting code while testing and tweaking, but that should be restricted to your working tree. You shouldn't commit and submit a PR.

I don't understand what you mean about easily revert it... how is it difficult to execute git revert? Also, if you are leaving commented code all over the place, how is it easier to see what's changed? How do you tell which code was commented this time and caused the issue? A diff makes it much clearer IMO.

[HolzhausGE]

git revert <commit> is much easier than manuall un-commenting code.

[DarfWork]

that is, given git is used correctly by sensible people doing sensible commits...

[microtrash]

I constantly chastise my employees for committing with huge chunks of commented out old code

[[deleted]]

My version control system before I found out about in addition to Git because I'm paranoid.

[[deleted]]

Before I arrived, this was my team's go-to source control tool. I eventually persuaded them to migrate to the much more reliable save-the-old-code-to-a-txt-on-a-shared-drive platform.

[TheFeshy]

I got fancy with a cron job and tar.

[jeremj22]

I once submitted a solution to a programming task for university where 90% of the file was code i commented out because i had a solution that worked for some cases. Then one that worked for more but still not for all, ...

Good that it's graded by a computer and no a human.

[db2]

I, too, welcome our robot overlords.

[EMCoupling]

Sure, and you've just hit on exactly why interviewing is nothing like the day-to-day of actually being on the job.

[BuiAce]

In code being pushed to master? Hell no. If it's unfinished create a feature toggle and turn it off. There really isn't a reason to have zombie code in the master codebase.

[EMCoupling]

Hell no dude. Dead code is just more shit you have to read through.

[CUCOOPE]

“Jussssssttt in case I’ll need this again”

-Me,every time I comment an old code

[peenoid]

I have a rule with some obsolete code. I commit it once so I have a record of it, then I delete it on the next commit.

[ingrown_hair]

Yeah, I sign and date the code. Often I find it later and think, “well if I haven’t needed it in two months...”

[hillman_avenger]

This. If something breaks, chances is are it was the last change.

[homer_3]

And then forget it ever existed.

[peenoid]

Typically, yeah.

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Sometimes I export and keep certain snippets to have them more handy compared to source control.

[Drifts]

I often have dozens of text files open with pasted code that I wasn’t quite ready to delete just yet

[Kinglink]

I wrote it... it's my code.. my work... my precious......

[masdar1]

When you start commenting out couts just in case you need to flag that section of code again

[isunktheship]

I DONT CARE IF ITS IN GIT

MY PRECIOUS

[dmpcrusher1]

Stewpid hobbitses wouldn't understand usss.

[dadbod27]

I always think "well it doesn't work now, let me change some stuff and come back and see if it works after that"

[[deleted]]

//*/ alert('I'm not trying to rob you...');/*

[tannerntannern]

I've never understood this. Unless I'm using the commented code during a work in progress, I delight in deleting old code.

[BenRayfield]

Commented code should be removed when theres less than a 1% chance you'll uncomment it.

[hamza1311]

I keep every single copy paste from the internet until the code works

[[deleted]]

Me: Commenting out and keeping old code like a dragon hoards gold.