Git pissed

by chrishunt • 13 years ago

81 15 13 years ago

moron4hire2• 13 years ago

I love cursing more than most people, but it doesn't belong in my code.

jlgreco2• 13 years ago

I agree. I love cursing, but I think it works best in more ephemeral situations. In conversation (spoken, written, or otherwise) it works great but in official records that will be often revisited (whether they are source code comments or commit messages) the cursing will eventually come off as tacky as the emotional context that warranted it is lost in time.

If I am browsing through source from 10 years ago, it may help me if a comment alerts me that "this fucking cockstain of a function broke prod", but really there is no connect between me and the emotion that warranted the profanity. I need more context, otherwise it seems tacky.

(I think that recorded conversation, although not ephemeral, retains the emotional context necessary for profanity to 'work')

moron4hire2• 13 years ago

that is exactly right

hnriot• 13 years ago

it would also get one in trouble at many companies. Anyone's that's ever been through an acquisition will know that due diligence includes code scans - it's highly unprofessional to let cursing into a code base.

btilly• 13 years ago

I am confused by the suggestion that the word "love" would indicate happiness. Usually when I use that in source code, I'm being sarcastic. As in, Don't you love the fact that Google's API documentation is inaccurate?

ffn• 13 years ago

k, brb, building a git sarcastic tool

anigbrowl• 13 years ago

Yes, but statistically that will be mere noise, just like I love love love this algorithm or this algorithm works hand in g love with that other one.

jlgreco2• 13 years ago

Maybe. It is possible that the word is used sarcastically more often than literally though. For instance, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that the word "literally" may actually be used more often to mean "not literally".

skyebook• 13 years ago

This is probably a homage to the original Linux Kernel Fuck Count[1] which included love in its search.

http://durak.org/sean/pubs/kfc/

erikig• 13 years ago

I like this, I'd probably use it to track the number of TODO's that are added to the code over time.

stan_rogers• 13 years ago

I've found out why they build up — it seems that the elves have been ignoring them for years now. Makes no sense, I know, but they've gone back to making shoes overnight. It doesn't matter how many times I write TODO, it never actually gets done unless I do it myself anymore.

jyz• 13 years ago

This reminds me of http://commitlogsfromlastnight.com/

phireal• 13 years ago

Having the rate of change rather than the number of words might be a better indicator of how stressed a particular group are at a given time.

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