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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It may not be malice. Incompetence.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They are going to “accidentally” remove a fix?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

By not understanding how version control works. I've worked at places that had a surprising number of developers who would just merge things in ways that drop code from other developers.

[–] siipale@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you give an example how that would happen?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

It’s pretty straightforward. Merge conflicts? No such thing! Just make my version the next version.