Re: SSD TBW

On 8/23/2026 5:49 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Don Y  <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The value of version control is to be able to recreate a particular
>> point-in-time of <whatever> you are controlling.
> 
> That is one of the many values of version control.
> 
> Another interesting thing is that if I make a change to a file and at the
> same time you make a change to a file, we should be able to consolidate both
> changes when the files are checked in.  (Not all CS do this, and there are
> some disadvantages, but it can be better when you have coarse granularity
> because there's a lot of stuff in a file.)

So diff and merge become even more important.

"But, lets limit them to just text files... and someone else can
create a tool that performs the same functionality for NON-test
files (?)"

> --scott
> 
> "The current build is failing, I get syntax errors in function X."
>      -- programmer
> 
> "Oh, don't use function X, I haven't finished writing it."
>      -- so-called project director
>