Do you know the benefits of using source control?

Updated by Tiago Araújo [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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It also helps you to do root cause analysis by finding out who made the change. Then, you can chat with them and get aligned on what caused the problem and what is the best solution moving forward. Remember, the person who made the change might have important knowledge that you don't know!

Don't just fix the problem, see who caused the problem and correct them. - Adam Cogan

Using VS Code? There are 2 awesome extensions to see history:

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Figure: Right-click a file and select Git | View History to see the changes in source control

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Figure: We can select different changesets and compare the changes

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Figure: We can select different changesets and compare the changes. Blue = modified, Green = addition, Red = deletion

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Figure: Right click a file and select Git | Blame (Annotate) to view the history on a segment basis

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Figure: Use annotate to understand (or find the guy) to understand his thoughts before deleting/changing someone elses code

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Figure: Annotation is great, but it gets even better when clicking the commit code gives you full details

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Acknowledgements

Adam Cogan
Piers Sinclair
Matt Wicks
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