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He doesn't understand version control. He needs to have training so he does, otherwise it's going to cause massive problems down the line (if it hasn't already.)
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Sounds like old CVS/SVN habits.
"Don't commit as long as you might be the build breaker!"
Those monster commits are always toxic. -
mampf1817yYeah let me guess. He's just before retirement and also doesn't like issue tracking.
Sounds like my own colleague.
Show him branches.
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What’s the point of having a repo on bitbucket if most of the time the latest code version is only on his machine?
And why I have to recreate and repopulate the db every fucking time because he made so many changes to the structure, which of course conflicts with mine?
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live without commits
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senior programmer
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