Git wasn't the first version control software. I remember using sccs back in 1991 and apparently it was written all the way back in 1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I made a game engine and a game back in highschool, but all that code is lost because I didn't know how to use git. I knew git existed (and even knew enough to know it was better than mercurial or svn), but I was too lazy to learn.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't trust anyone who can't spell 'oops'.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe he was cursing the god of dev ops

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah his opps fucked up his backup.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

His operations department?

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago

Fake developer doesn't use version control. Big surprise.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 19 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Just a heads up, it you don't know how to use cli git in 2025 you're probably a shit developer. There are undoubtedly exceptions, but I would argue not knowing version control intimately makes you a bad developer.

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[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 86 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I just want to pause a moment to wish a "fuck you" to the guy who named an AI model "Cursor" as if that's a useful name. It's like they're expecting accidental google searches to be a major source of recruitment.

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[–] yarr 72 points 2 days ago (5 children)

It's a scary amount of projects these days managed by a bunch of ZIP files:

Program-2.4.zip
Program-2.4-FIXED.zip
Program-2.4-FIXED2.zip
Program-2.4-FIXED-final.zip
Program-2.4-FIXED-final-REAL.zip
Program-2.4-FIXED-FINAL-no-seriously.zip
Program-2.4-FINAL-use-this.zip
Program-2.4-FINAL-use-this-2.zip
Program-2.4-working-maybe.zip
Program-2.4-FINAL-BUGFIX-LAST-ONE.zip
Program-2.4-FINAL-BUGFIX-LAST-ONE-v2.zip

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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Acts like SVN and CVS didn't exist

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 137 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Developer"
"my" 4 months of "work"

Those are the ones easily replaced by AI. 99% of stuff "they" did was done by AI anyway!

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Don't worry, I'm sure Cursor will be able to clobber your git history and force push to master any day now

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Genuine question: what would it take to poison an LLM with ai tools to run git push --force origin main or sudo rm -rf /

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 205 points 3 days ago

At least they were humble and didn't blame it entirely on Cursor... they also blamed Claude.

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 75 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Forget git. Sending zip files into discord once in a while it the way to go.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Just save your prompts and vibes in a Google doc dude

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[–] Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 152 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (14 children)

this guy would have force pushed onto main about 10 mins after this if he did have git

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[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember SVN

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I want to forget SVN

[–] leds@feddit.dk 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I run a svn server at work

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

My condolences

[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never understood the SVN hate. Then, as now, the problems are almost never caused by the tools, and almost always caused by the people misusing them.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I never got around to using anything except git, partly because of all the hate people would throw at the other competitors back in the day. Even if the criticisms were not fair, and even if it was all a secret conspiracy to kill git competitors, it definitely worked out for the best. Imagine the hell we'd be in today if we had to constantly deal with different VCS solutions.

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[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 3 days ago (14 children)

The first version control system I ever used was CVS and it was first released in 1986 so it was already old and well established when I first came to use it.

Anyone in these past forty years not using a version control system to keep track of their source code have only themselves to blame.

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[–] blade_barrier@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

svn was invented in 2000

[–] smock9@lemm.ee 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

CVS was invented in 1986

[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

SCCS is from 1972, you young whippersnappers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 90 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ah yes, the elusive AI "programmers".

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[–] zovits@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's actually reassuring to see that despite all warnings and doomsayers there will still be opportunities for programmers capable of solving problems using natural intelligence.

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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I need to put a SaaS together called vibe VCS

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