A workflow consists of a sequence of concatenated (connected) steps. Emphasis is on the flow paradigm, where each step follows the precedent without delay or gap and ends just before the subsequent step may begin.
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Which is better for small bug fixes and small features - naming branches by ticket number or naming them by feature description?
I am in the middle of a disagreement (cordial, of course) with my lead about proper branch naming. This applies to bug-fix and small feature branches, not long-running feature branches. For ...
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Is Windows Workflow Foundation appropriate for a CPU-heavy async application?
At one of the DevDays conferences a presenter said that Workflow Foundation isn't just for applications that require persistence, but they can make it easier to write and maintain Async WCF code and ...
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When is it appropriate to start using the next revision of a tool when dogfooding?
Specifically, I am working on a tool that integrates a DVCS and build system, but I image the challenge I am facing would arise for anyone developing a "meta" tool (compiler, VCS, build system, test ...
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Feature code + infrastructure code - how to structure the commits / JIRA issues?
Say that you work on a feature described by a single JIRA ticket and during the work, you:
Create feature-specific code like the GUI or specific use-case behavior.
Some of the code was generic so ...
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Need a transition from my workflow, or make it better / fix it
This is how I roll with git:
I clone/fork something locally
I create a new branch devel. This is supposed to be a quickfix branch. It is also supposed to be parent to all branches.
I create a topic ...
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TDD and Version Control
I am currently learning about TDD and trying to put it into practice in my personal projects. I have also used version control extensively on many of these projects. I am interested in the interplay ...
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Handling Difficult Distributed Version Control System Merges With Pair Programming
A common problem in my very small team workflow is handling merges from trunk/stable repositories up to feature branches which are ahead of the trunk or stable versions, but which need to track the ...
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Having a Starting Place for Coding a Site [closed]
This is more of preference question that I wanted to toss out to other developers to learn a bit more about others process when developing a site. Every time I start a site I feel I could save a lot ...
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What could be the use of forking a repository in a github's organization?
I'm trying to figure it out some nice workflow for our company, and we have so far the main repository on the github's organization account and we all, the members of the team working on the branches ...
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Simple task framework - building software from reusable pieces
I'm writing a web service with several APIs, and they will be sharing some of the implementation code. In order not to copy-paste, I would like to ideally implement each API call as a series of tasks, ...
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Working with Multiple Versions of Websites (Git)
I have a main template like website I have made that will allow me to quickly roll out and make new websites on demand when I need them, for my personal use.
I'm wondering what is the best practice ...
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So I'm a developing a workflow with vagrant+git…does this make sense?
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We've got two types of VMs (Utility Boxes & Web Servers) that developers need.
We are going to be using git for version control.
We have developers who have ...
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Possible solutions for sharing working copy of project between multiple computers?
So there are 3 computers that I use to work on this project with, my home PC, work PC, and work Mac (for building to devices). The project has an SVN repository that two other programmers use so I ...
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How can one measure contributions to a project? [duplicate]
Has anyone ever come across this problem?
When you have a team of developers working on a project, how can you measure their contributions to said project? Is there a "formal" way of doing it? Number ...
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Suggestions to improve small team workflow (CI / Deployment)
I'd like to improve my team's workflow and architecture.
Right now we have a LAMP dev server on which every member of the team has a subdirectory. We work directly in this directory via LAN. There is ...
