Paul McNett wrote: > Sytze de Boer wrote: >> I'm sure I'm missing something here. >> You leave Inno scripts open and unsaved ? >> You leave vfp code open and unsaved ? >> >> I have some comments but I'm sure you wouldn't want to hear. > > I was thinking the same thing. In edit/run/edit mode, I save literally > once a minute probably (so I can compile and run the code). In longer > development cycles, such as making larger changes, I make sure and hit > :w (vim for 'save') fairly often, every 5 minutes at least. It is just > habit. > > And when I step away for lunch or the end of day, I commit all my > changes to source control, with a descriptive commit message of what's > changed and why, with an additional 'interim commit' message so I'll > know in the future that this revision isn't complete. > > It takes a few minutes to write those commit messages, but it is worth > it to see that summary later, and as a bonus I can then usually > copy/paste the entry to my time and billing software - I like to give my > clients lots of details on the invoice to justify the time I'm spending.
Let me clarify that any changes I had not yet saved were minuscule. They were the "last 5 minutes" kinds of changes. I'm very good about saving after larger (or even medium) chunks. So this isn't a "brain dead moved caused lots of loss" kind of thing. I'm in the "tweaking" mode...where I'm adjusting the Inno scripts to save version 1.5.159 instead of version 1.5.075, so not really a big deal. I just hated the fact that I had uncommitted changes (albeit minuscule) and M$ decided that my open files were of no value and rebooted my PC for me. No big dollar loss value; just a nuisance. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
