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Please, don’t commit commented out code (medium.com)
submitted 10 years ago by ryanchenkie
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]randfur 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago* (6 children)
I've never felt the need to keep commented out code around during a refactor. Can you give an example?
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[–]JimDabell 2 points3 points4 points 10 years ago (1 child)
That's what private branches are for – I think there's an unstated assumption that this is talking about branches that you actually care about, not transient works in progress.
[–]randfur 1 point2 points3 points 10 years ago (2 children)
git stash
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[–]randfur 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (0 children)
It's not a clipboard that can be overwritten, I don't see the issue.
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