Biting the Distributed Development Bullet

Like most development n00bs, after I started using version control, I never looked back.  And neither should you.

It required me to change the whole way that my office operated, though.  See, the way that we were doing things before seemed so simple; we just edited files and shouted at each other if we collided in our editing.  As it turns out, this was a bad thing, and there have been better alternatives around way longer than I’ve even been in this business.

But like most crotchety, over-egotistical developer-types it took a while for me to come around.  Here’s a brief history of my flirtations and eventual commitment to version control.

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