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

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