While we’re on the topic…
At SouthEnd we use a versioning tool called Subversion. It is just one of many tools doing the same thing – managing versions of files.
I could go on and on about version control and configuration management. But I won’t. At least not this time. Let’s just say it’s a wonderful thing that makes it possible for us to work as a team.
This time I will bring up the social part of it. Commit comments.
Commit comments are messages that you write when you have made a change to a file in the project. The comment is supposed to briefly explain what you changed (committed). (As we speak, 2642 commits have been made to ilomilo)
These comments, along with a list of the files that were changed, are stored in a log than can be viewed by all members of the project. This log can be compared to a giant chat log of people talking to themselves.
Your average comment might look like this:
“Fixed: Scaled objects not culled properly”
This log, consisting of hundreds of little comments, will of course contain a certain amount of literary gold!
And that’s what this post is really about. I’ve hand picked a few of my favourites, and will present them to you in a series of posts.
(I bet you didn’t expect _this_ to be published, fellow SouthEnders…)
Here we go. Today’s selection is from the early stages of the project:
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Revision: 4
Author: eber
Message:
Initial commit
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Revision: 32
Author: eber
Message:
wtf etc
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Revision: 76
Author: sfle
Message:
animations for milo! 
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Revision: 107
Author: eber
Message:
Added first pass at collision grid IT'S SCREWY I KNOW! the directional mapping is not correct.
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Revision: 118
Author: mdah
Message:
Added: Shadows in Ilomilo (Iteration #1, NOT final!)
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Revision: 237
Author: eber
Message:
Removed: crap code
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Revision: 238
Author: eber
Message:
Added: crap code
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Revision: 318
Author: mgar
Message:
- Tears in my eyes...
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Revision: 400
Author: eber
Message:
Fixed: materials 'ballon' and 'ballonskirt' didn't exist
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Revision: 403
Author: eber
Message:
Added: super secret stuff...SHHHhh..don't tell anyone!
O_o
o_O
O_O
it's the custom bounce cube animation, to allow for unique/totally awesome jumps
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Revision: 444
Author: eber
Message:
Added: stuff before we get kicked out of the office
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Revision: 695
Author: mdah
Message:
Fixed: Children are now put in quarantine when picked up
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Revision: 700
Author: mgar
Message:
- GDC Candidate 1 (stand-alone version)
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That’s all for now. Stay tuned for the next episode!
