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Any Code Review tool with direct connection to CVS?

I've found many Code Review tools: Phabricator (by Facebook) - http://phabricator.org/ Rietveld (by Google) - http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/rietveld.html GitHub - https://github.com/ ...
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How should code “Goal Tending” be handled by a Development Manager?

First allow me to coin a term: code goal-tending: Checking out code in the morning, then silently reviewing all of the changes made by the other developers the previous day file by file, ...
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What quality level in the commit history can/should I expect/enforce?

I worked as a lone developer for a long time. During this time, I developed a way of formulating and ordering commit messages: Refactor first, describe exactly the reason for the commit in the ...
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How do you handle minor change in source code causing discontinuity in version tree?

For instance, I have a file with poor indentation (at least incoherant with the rest of the project). If I correct the indentation and commit, there will be a serious change in the file at a certain ...
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How to encourage version control adoption

I have recently started working in a team where there is no version control. Most of the team members are not used to any kind of version control. I've been using mercurial privately to track my work. ...
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I'm forced to write bad code. How do I save my face? [closed]

I'm only a junior developer but my job forces me to work with really terrible PHP code (think about the worst PHP code you've seen; then think about code twice as bad). I usually try to fix bugs and ...
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What's the benefit of having a private repository for personal projects?

So I just created my first GitHub repository and started to wonder if there would be any reason why somebody shouldn't post their code. I don't mean the obvious, such as code that is IP of somebody ...