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ry_ry | karma 1142 | avg karma 3.18 · 2017-05-24 19:35:55+00:00

Such a relevant point, and I don't think they get enough props for it.

I don't believe for one second this was a quick turnaround for them either. I've spoken to MS dev evangelists at work stuff over the past few years and they've continually said "it's going to get better", usually with a wry smile.

It bloody did too. They're nowhere near perfect, and the different product branches remain as disjointed as ever, but I'm genuinely impressed at the sheer scale of the organisational change they've implemented.

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nojvek | karma 7050 | avg karma 2.06 · 2017-05-25 03:33:35+00:00

Moving entire code base from source Depot (invented at Microsoft) git (not ms) was a huge undertaking. I know many ms devs who hated git.

But this is seriously brave and well executed on their part.

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rufius | karma 875 | avg karma 2.9 · 2017-05-25 05:53:56+00:00

Technically - Source Depot is a fork of Perforce. Not entirely invented at MSFT :).

contextfree | karma 1755 | avg karma 1.91 · 2017-05-26 11:15:37+00:00

I also know many MS devs who hated Source Depot :)

rufius | karma 875 | avg karma 2.9 · 2017-05-25 05:54:48+00:00

To give you a little idea of scale - they've been at this for at least 4 years. It started while I still worked in Windows.