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Microsoft Office migration from Source Depot to Git


Part 7 of my software journey, getting to know developer experience.

Let me tell you youngsters about the ancient times of source control, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and before Git and GitHub were even a twinkle in Linus Torvalds’ eye. Using Source Depot was weird, it felt a little bit like programming with oven mitts on: iterations were faster, but branching and switching state were painful. People could clone the actual repository in a sandbox and practice common workflows: feature branches, code reviews, merges, disaster recovery, and Visual Studio integration.

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