code complete

here’s daily wtf-worthy quote related to me by a co-worker.

some background: we’ve been helping these guys move their stuff to our new source control.

us: all your stuff is set, check and make sure it’s ok, then we’ll move it to the main repository
them: we’ll let you know when we deploy it to production
us: we don’t care when you deploy it. all we need from you is to verify that your stuff looks ok in the test repository, then we will move it to the main one
them: it’s ok, it will go away in just a couple of months
us: oh, so you mean it is a test throwaway prototype project?
them: no, it will go into production in two months, so no one will be using a source control repository after that
us: …